Kathryn R Nightingale, Assistant Professor

Dr. Nightingale's research interests include: ultrasonic imaging, specifically nonlinear propagation, acoustic
streaming and radiation force; the intentional generation of these phenomena for
the purpose of tissue characterization; finite element modeling of normal and
diseased tissue when exposed to ultrasound, and performing both phantom and
clinical experiments investigating these phenomena. Other areas of interest
include ultrasonic flow detection and cardiac imaging, the bioeffects of
ultrasound, and beamforming.
In addition, Dr. Nightingale is directing the development of the Duke Virtual Medical Imaging Laboratory, which is an interactive teaching tool for graduate and undergraduate courses in medical imaging.
- Contact Info:
- Education:
- PhD, Duke University, 1997
- BS, Duke University, 1989
- Specialties:
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Medical Imaging
Medical Diagnostics
Ultrasound imaging
- Research Interests:
Nightingale's research interests include: ultrasonic imaging, specifically nonlinear propagation, acoustic streaming and radiation force; the intentional generation of these phenomena for the purpose of tissue characterization; finite element modeling of normal and diseased tissue when exposed to ultrasound, and performing both phantom and clinical experiments investigating these phenomena. Other areas of interest include ultrasonic flow detection and cardiac imaging, the bioeffects of ultrasound, and beamforming.
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award, Duke University, 2007
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Dahl, J.J. and Pinton, G.F. and Palmeri, M.L. and Agrawal, V. and Nightingale, K.R. and Trahey, G.E., A parallel tracking method for acoustic radiation force impulse imaging,
IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control (USA), vol. 54 no. 2
(2007),
pp. 301 - 12 [abs].
- Palmeri, M.L. and McAleavey, S.A. and Fong, K.L. and Trahey, G.E. and Nightingale, K.R., Dynamic mechanical response of elastic spherical inclusions to impulsive acoustic radiation force excitation,
IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control (USA), vol. 53 no. 11
(2006),
pp. 2065 - 79 [abs].
- Palmeri, M.L. and McAleavey, S.A. and Trahey, G.E. and Nightingale, K.R., Ultrasonic tracking of acoustic radiation force-induced displacements in homogeneous media,
IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control (USA), vol. 53 no. 7
(2006),
pp. 1300 - 13 [abs].
- Palmeri, M.L. and Frinkley, K.D. and Oldenburg, K.G. and Nightingale, K.R., Characterizing acoustic attenuation of homogeneous media using focused impulsive acoustic radiation force,
Ultrason. Imaging (USA), vol. 28 no. 2
(2006),
pp. 114 - 28 [abs].
- Paschal, C.B. and Nightingale, K.R. and Ropella, K.M., Undergraduate biomedical imaging education,
Ann. Biomed. Eng. (USA), vol. 34 no. 2
(2006),
pp. 232 - 8 [s10439-005-9031-2] [abs].