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According to Springer, the book’s publisher, numerous advances in signal processing and computer hardware over the last 15 years have brought quantitative ultrasound (QUS) techniques to a state of maturity, allowing for the construction of quantitative maps or images of soft tissues. This technological push has prompted the need for a specialized book to be written in the field of quantitative ultrasound.

“Quantitative ultrasound is an active and growing research field,” said Dr. Mamou. “The last significant book on similar topics was published in the 1990s and many new QUS studies and methods have been established and developed since that time. I believe this book provides a modern vision of the field of research and could become a very valuable educational tool for advanced engineering and science students, experienced researchers, as well as research-oriented clinicians who are interested in QUS.”

Dr. Mamou is an internationally recognized leading researcher in biomedical ultrasound. In 2011, he received the Young Scientist Award at the 32nd Symposium on Ultrasonic Electronics in Chiba, Japan. This award is given to a select group of investigators under the age of 37 who present an outstanding paper at the Symposium. Dr. Mamou’s selection for this distinguished award was based on his paper, “Detection and Localization of Small Metastatic Foci in Human Lymph Nodes Using Three-dimensional High-frequency Quantitative Ultrasound Methods.” That same year, Dr. Mamou was selected as one of only 300 researchers worldwide to participate in the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship Program, an experience that resulted in meaningful collaborations with the Chiba University Center for Frontier Medical Engineering.

Dr. Mamou received his doctorate in electrical engineering in 2005 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His 13 years of experience in biomedical ultrasound research include 29 peer-reviewed articles in technical journals.