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  • 2000 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to coherent wave imaging and its application to medical diagnostics and nondestructive testing, and to engineering education.

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Helmut Ermert is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on Biomedical Engineering. Additional subfields of their work include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research encompass Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena, Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography, Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography, and Underwater Acoustics Research.

Ermert has published extensively in various venues, with a notable concentration in Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering. Other venues include Poster presentations, Lectures, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, and Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include Stefan Lyer, Ingrid Ullmann, Stefan J. Rupitsch, Christian Marinus Huber, and Martin Vossiek.

Representative recent publications include:

  • "Quantitative Determination of Local Density of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Used for Drug Targeting Employing Inverse Magnetomotive Ultrasound," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
  • "In Vivo Study on Magnetomotive Ultrasound Imaging in the Framework of Nanoparticle based Magnetic Drug Targeting," 2020, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
  • "Ultrasound-Mediated Cavitation of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications," 2022, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
  • "A Review on Ultrasound-based Methods to Image the Distribution of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biomedical Applications," 2024, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • "Ultrasound-Induced Stable and Inertial Cavitation of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications," 2024, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering

In 2000, Ermert was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction for contributions to coherent wave imaging and its application to medical diagnostics and nondestructive testing, as well as to engineering education.

Best Publications

  • A time-efficient and accurate strain estimation concept for ultrasonic elastography using iterative phase zero estimation

    A. Pesavento;C. Perrey;M. Krueger;H. Ermert

  • INITIAL EXPERIENCES WITH REAL-TIME ELASTOGRAPHY GUIDED BIOPSIES OF THE PROSTATE

    Katharina König;Ulrich Scheipers;Andreas Pesavento;Andreas Lorenz

  • A 100-MHz ultrasound imaging system for dermatologic and ophthalmologic diagnostics

    C. Passmann;H. Ermert

  • Freehand ultrasound elastography of breast lesions: clinical results.

    Karsten Mark Hiltawsky;Martin Krüger;Claudia Starke;Lothar Heuser

  • Chirp signal matching and signal power optimization in pulse-echo mode ultrasonic nondestructive testing

    M. Pollakowski;H. Ermert

  • Ultrasound synthetic aperture imaging: monostatic approach

    J.T. Ylitalo;H. Ermert

  • Registration of 3D CT and ultrasound datasets of the spine using bone structures.

    B. Brendel;S. Winter;A. Rick;M. Stockheim

  • Ultrasonic multifeature tissue characterization for prostate diagnostics.

    Ulrich Scheipers;Helmut Ermert;Hans-Joerg Sommerfeld;Miguel Garcia-Schürmann

  • In vivo ultrasound biomicroscopy

    C. Passmann;H. Ermert;T. Auer;K. Kaspar

  • Sonography of the skin at 100 MHz enables in vivo visualization of stratum corneum and viable epidermis in palmar skin and psoriatic plaques

    Stephan El Gammal;Claudia El Gammal;Katharina Kaspar;Carsten Pieck

  • A new system for the acquisition of ultrasonic multicompression strain images of the human prostate in vivo

    A. Lorenz;H.J. Sommerfeld;M. Garcia-Schurmann;S. Philippou

  • Schlieren visualization of ultrasonic wave fields with high spatial resolution.

    Thorsten Neumann;Helmut Ermert

  • New real-time strain imaging concepts using diagnostic ultrasound.

    A Pesavento;A Lorenz;S Siebers;H Ermert

  • Ultimate signal-to-noise-ratio of surface and body antennas for magnetic resonance imaging

    W. Schnell;W. Renz;M. Vester;H. Ermert

  • Segmentation of 3D intravascular ultrasonic images based on a random field model

    Christine Haas;Helmut Ermert;Stephan Holt;Peter Grewe

  • Tissue-characterization of the prostate using radio frequency ultrasonic signals

    G. Schmitz;H. Ermert;T. Senge

  • An ultrasound research interface for a clinical system

    M. Ashfaq;S.S. Brunke;J.J. Dahl;H. Ermert

  • Errata - An ultrasound research interface for a clinical system

    Shelby S. Brunke;Michael Insana;Michael Insana;Jeremy J. Dahl;Christian Hansen

  • Development and evaluation of a high-frequency ultrasound-based system for in vivo strain imaging of the skin

    M. Vogt;H. Ermert

  • System Analysis of Ultrasound Reflection Mode Computerized Tomography

    D. Hiller;H. Ermert

  • Comparison of high frequency ultrasound and optical coherence tomography as modalities for high resolution and non invasive skin imaging.

    M Vogt;A Knüttel;K Hoffmann;P Altmeyer

  • Axial Strain Imaging Using a Local Estimation of the Scaling Factor from RF Ultrasound Signals

    Elisabeth Brusseau;Christian Perrey;Philippe Delachartre;Michael Vogt

  • Multifrequency Acoustical Holography

    H. Ermert;R. Karg

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Altmeyer
Peter Altmeyer Ruhr University Bochum
Horst Przuntek
Horst Przuntek Ruhr University Bochum
Michael F. Insana
Michael F. Insana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Olaf Dössel
Olaf Dössel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jeremy J. Dahl
Jeremy J. Dahl Stanford University
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Robert J. Lee
Robert J. Lee University of Pennsylvania
Mathias Fink
Mathias Fink ESPCI Paris
Martin Vossiek
Martin Vossiek University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Aldo R. Boccaccini
Aldo R. Boccaccini University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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