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Overview

Ayache Bouakaz is affiliated with François Rabelais University in France, contributing extensively to the fields of Engineering and Medicine. Their research primarily focuses on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Materials Chemistry, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena
  • Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Curcumin's Biomedical Applications

Ayache Bouakaz has published research in numerous journals, such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
  • Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Recent selected papers authored or co-authored by Bouakaz include:

  • From concept to early clinical trials: 30 years of microbubble-based ultrasound-mediated drug delivery research, 2024, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Ultrasound-Responsive Cavitation Nuclei for Therapy and Drug Delivery, 2020, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Ultrasound for the Brain: A Review of Physical and Engineering Principles, and Clinical Applications, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
  • Endothelial Cells, First Target of Drug Delivery Using Microbubble-Assisted Ultrasound, 2020, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Particle Swarm Optimization and Two-Way Fixed-Effects Analysis of Variance for Efficient Brain Tumor Segmentation, 2022, Cancers

Frequent collaborators include Jean-Michel Escoffre, Mingxi Wan, Antoine Presset, Edward Oujagir, and F. Patat. The number of joint publications with these co-authors ranges from 5 to 16, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Ultrasound contrast imaging: current and new potential methods

    Peter J.A Frinking;Ayache Bouakaz;Johan Kirkhorn;Folkert J Ten Cate

  • Microbubble spectroscopy of ultrasound contrast agents

    Sander M. van der Meer;Benjamin Dollet;Marco M. Voormolen;Chien T. Chin

  • Basic acoustic properties of microbubbles.

    Nico de Jong;Ayache Bouakaz;Peter Frinking

  • Ultrasound-Responsive Cavitation Nuclei for Therapy and Drug Delivery

    Klazina Kooiman;Silke Roovers;Simone A.G. Langeveld;Robert T. Kleven

  • Super harmonic imaging: a new imaging technique for improved contrast detection.

    Ayache Bouakaz;Sigmund Frigstad;Folkert J Ten Cate;Nico de Jong

  • High-speed optical observations of contrast agent destruction.

    Ayache Bouakaz;Michel Versluis;Nico de Jong;Nico de Jong

  • "Compression-only" behavior of phospholipid-coated contrast bubbles.

    Nico de Jong;Nico de Jong;Marcia Emmer;Chien Ting Chin;Ayache Bouakaz

  • Detection procedures of ultrasound contrast agents.

    Nico de Jong;Peter J.A Frinking;Ayache Bouakaz;Folkert J Ten Cate

  • Micromanipulation of endothelial cells: ultrasound-microbubble-cell interaction.

    Annemieke van Wamel;Ayache Bouakaz;Michel Versluis;Nico de Jong;Nico de Jong

  • Review of shell models for contrast agent microbubbles

    A A Doinikov;A Bouakaz

  • Comparison of native and contrast-enhanced harmonic echocardiography for visualization of left ventricular endocardial border.

    Jarosław D Kasprzak;Bernard Paelinck;Folkert J Ten Cate;Wim B Vletter

  • Doxorubicin delivery into tumor cells with ultrasound and microbubbles.

    J M Escoffre;J Piron;A Novell;A Bouakaz

  • Optical imaging of contrast agent microbubbles in an ultrasound field with a 100-MHz camera

    Nico de Jong;Peter J.A Frinking;Ayache Bouakaz;Marlies Goorden

  • Harmonic chirp imaging method for ultrasound contrast agent

    J.M.G. Borsboom;Chien Ting Chin;A. Bouakaz;M. Versluis

  • Microbubble-mediated ultrasound drug-delivery and therapeutic monitoring

    Charles A Sennoga;Emma Kanbar;Laurent Auboire;Paul-Armand Dujardin

  • Noninvasive measurement of the hydrostatic pressure in a fluid-filled cavity based on the disappearance time of micrometer-sized free gas bubbles.

    Ayache Bouakaz;Peter J.A Frinking;Nico de Jong;Nicolaas Bom

  • Theoretical investigation of shear stress generated by a contrast microbubble on the cell membrane as a mechanism for sonoporation.

    Alexander A. Doinikov;Ayache Bouakaz

  • Effect of ultrasound-activated microbubbles on the cell electrophysiological properties

    T.A. Tran;S. Roger;S. Roger;J.Y. Le Guennec;J.Y. Le Guennec;F. Tranquart;F. Tranquart

  • Native tissue imaging at superharmonic frequencies

    A. Bouakaz;N. de Jong

  • Contrast harmonic imaging.

    Nico de Jong;Ayache Bouakaz;Folkert J. Ten Cate

  • Contrast superharmonic imaging: a feasibility study.

    Ayache Bouakaz;Boudewijn J Krenning;Wim B Vletter;Folkert J ten Cate

  • WFUMB safety symposium on echo-contrast agents: Nature and types of ultrasound contrast agents

    Ayache Bouakaz;Nico de Jong

  • Doxorubicin liposome-loaded microbubbles for contrast imaging and ultrasound-triggered drug delivery

    J. Escoffre;C. Mannaris;B. Geers;A. Novell

  • Ultrasound-induced gas release from contrast agent microbubbles

    M. Postema;A. Bouakaz;M. Versluis;N. de Jong

  • Harmonic imaging for ultrasound contrast agents

    N. de Jong;A. Bouakaz;P. Frinking

Frequent Co-Authors

Nico de Jong
Nico de Jong Delft University of Technology
Michel Versluis
Michel Versluis University of Twente
Paul A. Dayton
Paul A. Dayton University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Detlef Lohse
Detlef Lohse University of Twente
Chantal Pichon
Chantal Pichon University of Orléans
Catherine Belzung
Catherine Belzung François Rabelais University
Elias Fattal
Elias Fattal University of Paris-Saclay
Marie-Pierre Rols
Marie-Pierre Rols Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mounir Tarek
Mounir Tarek University of Lorraine

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