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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

J. Brian Fowlkes is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within medicine and engineering, particularly focusing on biomedical engineering and medical imaging.

The scientist's work is prominently featured in both medical and engineering disciplines, with a total of 111 publications in medicine and 60 in engineering. Key subfields include biomedical engineering, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, urology, and epidemiology.

Fowlkes' main research topics cover multiple areas related to ultrasound technology and its applications, including:

  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena
  • Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
  • Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

Their publishing record includes articles in a variety of scholarly venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • The Journal of Urology
  • Radiology

Notable recent papers by J. Brian Fowlkes include:

  • Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver-Update 2020 WFUMB in Cooperation with EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, and FLAUS (2020) in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver - Update 2020 - WFUMB in Cooperation with EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, and FLAUS (2020) in Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound
  • Stable and transient bubble formation in acoustically-responsive scaffolds by acoustic droplet vaporization: theory and application in sequential release (2020) in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
  • Pulse-Echo Quantitative US Biomarkers for Liver Steatosis: Toward Technical Standardization (2022) in Radiology
  • Bubble nucleation and dynamics in acoustic droplet vaporization: a review of concepts, applications, and new directions (2023) in Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik

Fowlkes has frequently collaborated with other researchers in the field. Regular co-authors include:

  • R. Graham Barr
  • Michelle L. Robbin
  • Jacques S. Abramowicz
  • Samer Narouze
  • Stamatia Destounis

The scientist has received recognition through fellowship awards, such as being named a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2004 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1931.

Best Publications

  • Shear wave elasticity imaging: a new ultrasonic technology of medical diagnostics

    Armen P Sarvazyan;Oleg V Rudenko;Scott D Swanson;J.Brian Fowlkes

  • Acoustic droplet vaporization for therapeutic and diagnostic applications.

    Oliver D. Kripfgans;J.Brian Fowlkes;Douglas L. Miller;O.Petter Eldevik

  • Biophysical Bases of Elasticity Imaging

    A. P. Sarvazyan;A. R. Skovoroda;S. Y. Emelianov;S. Y. Emelianov;J. B. Fowlkes

  • Gravity-Driven Microfluidic Particle Sorting Device with Hydrodynamic Separation Amplification

    Dongeun Huh;Joong Hwan Bahng;Yibo Ling;Hsien Hung Wei

  • Pulsed Cavitational Ultrasound: A Noninvasive Technology for Controlled Tissue Ablation (Histotripsy) in the Rabbit Kidney

    William W. Roberts;Timothy L. Hall;Kimberly Ives;J. Stuart Wolf

  • Controlled ultrasound tissue erosion

    Zhen Xu;A. Ludomirsky;L.Y. Eun;T.L. Hall

  • Fractional moving blood volume: estimation with power Doppler US

    J. M. Rubin;R. S. Adler;J. B. Fowlkes;S. Spratt

  • Cavitation clouds created by shock scattering from bubbles during histotripsy.

    Adam D. Maxwell;Tzu Yin Wang;Charles A. Cain;J. Brian Fowlkes

  • Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy for controlled tissue homogenization.

    Jessica E. Parsons;Charles A. Cain;Gerald D. Abrams;J. Brian Fowlkes

  • Histotripsy methods in mechanical disintegration of tissue: Towards clinical applications

    Vera A. Khokhlova;J. Brian Fowlkes;William W. Roberts;George R. Schade

  • Ultrasound biosafety considerations for the practicing sonographer and sonologist.

    Thomas R. Nelson;J. Brian Fowlkes;Jacques S. Abramowicz;Charles C. Church

  • Probability of cavitation for single ultrasound pulses applied to tissues and tissue-mimicking materials

    Adam D. Maxwell;Charles A. Cain;Timothy L. Hall;J. Brian Fowlkes

  • Method and assembly for performing ultrasound surgery using cavitation

    Charles A. Cain;J. Brian Fowlkes

  • Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy

    Charles A. Cain;Zhen Xu;J. Brian Fowlkes;Timothy L. Hall

  • On the acoustic vaporization of micrometer-sized droplets.

    Oliver D. Kripfgans;Mario L. Fabiilli;Paul L. Carson;J. Brian Fowlkes

  • Cost-effective assembly of a basic fiber-optic hydrophone for measurement of high-amplitude therapeutic ultrasound fields.

    Jessica E. Parsons;Charles A. Cain;J. Brian Fowlkes

  • Interlaboratory comparison of ultrasonic backscatter, attenuation, and speed measurements.

    E. L. Madsen;Fang Dong;G. R. Frank;B. S. Garra

  • Microbubble-enhanced cavitation for noninvasive ultrasound surgery

    B.C. Tran;Jongbum Seo;T.L. Hall;J.B. Fowlkes

  • Controlled ultrasound tissue erosion: The role of dynamic interaction between insonation and microbubble activity

    Zhen Xu;J. Brian Fowlkes;Edward D. Rothman;Albert M. Levin

  • DELIVERY OF CHLORAMBUCIL USING AN ACOUSTICALLY-TRIGGERED PERFLUOROPENTANE EMULSION

    Mario L. Fabiilli;Kevin J. Haworth;Ian E. Sebastian;Oliver D. Kripfgans

  • Delivery of Water-Soluble Drugs Using Acoustically Triggered Perfluorocarbon Double Emulsions

    Mario L. Fabiilli;James A. Lee;Oliver D. Kripfgans;Paul L. Carson

  • Method and apparatus for composition and display of three-dimensional image from two-dimensional ultrasound scan data

    J. Brian Fowlkes;Paul L. Carson;Aaron Moskalik;Jian-Feng Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Carson
Paul L. Carson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Charles A. Cain
Charles A. Cain University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Timothy L. Hall
Timothy L. Hall University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Zhen Xu
Zhen Xu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chaitali Chakrabarti
Chaitali Chakrabarti Arizona State University
Thomas F. Wenisch
Thomas F. Wenisch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christy K. Holland
Christy K. Holland University of Cincinnati
Andrew J. Putnam
Andrew J. Putnam University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Renny T. Franceschi
Renny T. Franceschi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Scott J. Hollister
Scott J. Hollister Georgia Institute of Technology

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