Welcome to the website of the Laboratory for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound!

We tackle various problems of medical diagnostics, therapy and surgery, aeroacoustics, general wave physics, and industrial applications of acoustic waves

Nonlinear wave physics

Nonlinear acoustics equations, broadband signals in nonlinear media, acoustic radiation force

Mechanical tissue disintegration with focused ultrasound (histotripsy)

Development of non-invasive methods for treating tumors, hematomas and neurological diseases

Ultrasound for non-invasive neurosurgery

Development of non-invasive treatment modalities for brain tumors and neurodegenerative diseases

Parametric (directional) sound radiation

Development of numerical algorithms, transducer design

Numerical modeling in acoustics

Software development, acceleration of numerical experiments, parametric sound radiation and nonlinear problems of aeroacoustics

Ultrasonic methods in diagnostics and therapy of the brain

Aberration correction, expansion of available brain area, ultrasound brain diagnostics

Design of high-power ultrasonic phased arrays

Numerical modeling, transducer design, numerical and experimental characterization of the produced fields

Propagation of sound waves in inhomogeneous media

Numerical modeling, development of optimal diagnostic and therapeutic regimes, verification experiments

Focused ultrasound in non-invasive surgery (HIFU)

Development of new shock-wave regimes, transducer design, numerical modeling, experiment

Acoustic holography

Development and optimization of new holography methods (fast and nonlinear), field characterization for new transducers

Ultrasonic cavitation

Theoretical and experimental research, development of methods for quantitative cavitation detection

Ultrasonic lung diagnostics

Investigation of physical mechanisms of ultrasound lung diagnostics

Industrial airborne ultrasound

Development of new transducers and their experimental and numerical characterization

Acoustic radiation force

Complex beams impact on millimeter objects, development of new methods for prediction and use of acoustic radiation force

Fragmentation and manipulation of kidney stones

Diagnostics, manipulation and fragmentation of kidney stones

The use of graphics processors (GPU) in modeling

Calculations optimization and numerical modeling of fields produced by transducers of varied geometry

Optical (Schlieren) visualization of ultrasound fields

Design of new experimental systems, investigation of nonlinear fields produced by transducers of varies geometry

Ultrasound in cosmetology

Development of methods using new physical mechanisms

Measurement of acoustic properties of various media

Development of new methods, design of acoustic systems, investigation of acoustic and elastic properties of various media and biotissues

Ultrasound-assisted biofabrication

Non-invasive manipulation of tissue spheroids for artificial creation of organs and vessels

Ultrasound-assisted targeted drug delivery

Transducer design and numerical modeling of their fields

LIMU participates in “Scientists in Schools” project

As part of the 20th anniversary International Science Festival NAUKA 0+, held from October 10-12, 2025, LIMU research fellow Anastasia Lapina delivered a lecture titled "Applications of Ultrasound in Diagnostics, Therapy, and Surgery" for 9th-grade school students within the "Scientists in Schools" project.

LIMU speaks at workshop on acoustics and acoustic metamaterials at ITMO

On October 8 and 9, 2025, the Workshop on Acoustics and Acoustic Metamaterials was held at the ITMO University in St. Petersburg, bringing together leading experts from Russia and international research centers. LIMU invited speakers included O.A. Sapozhnikov, V.A. Khokhlova, and S.A. Tsysar.

The Q1 journal Ultrasonics published an article with the results of our research in the field of transcranial therapeutic ultrasound

The high-ranking journal Ultrasonics (Q1, IF 4.1) published our paper on the study of the effect of alendronate therapy on skull density, structure, and the efficacy of focused ultrasound brain therapy. The research was conducted by LIMU research fellows, Alisa Krokhmal and Vera Khokhlova, along with PhD student Daria Chupova, in collaboration with the V.S. Buzaev International Medical Center.

LIMU at the International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics ISNA-2025

From June 30 to July 4, 2025, LIMU traditionally attended the International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics (ISNA) held in Nanjing, China. Oleg A. Sapozhnikov was a member of the program committee and gave an educational lecture and an oral talk, while our research fellows Sergey A. Tsysar and Petr V. Yuldashev presented their latest results in oral talks.

LIMU alumni Shamil Asfandiyarov successfully defended his PhD thesis

On June 10th, 2025, at the Physics Faculty, MSU, a LIMU alumni Shamil Asfandiyarov successfully defended his PhD dissertation “The use of 2D phased arrays for ultrasonic imaging and physical impact on objects in heterogeneous medium”. The work was carried out under the supervision of Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, D.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics. Congratulations to Shamil and his supervisor!

LIMU at the school-seminar “Waves–2025”

From June 1 to 6, 2025, the XXXVI All-Russian school-seminar "Waves 2025" was held. Students, postgraduates and research fellows of the LIMU laboratory presented 5 talks in two sections: "Acoustics of inhomogeneous media" and "Bio- and medical applications of wave physics". LIMU postgraduate student Lyubov Kotelnikova was awarded a diploma for the best presentation at the conference.