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Tyrone M. Porter (Assoc. Director)

Assistant Professor
Boston University
ENG 305
Office: (617) 353-7366
Email: tmp
http://www.bu.edu/dbin/bme/people/joint/porter....

Biography

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

*Development of targeted ultrasound contrast agents for image enhancement (molecular imaging), perfusion imaging, and image-guided drug delivery
*Ultrasound-enhanced transport of drugs and genes across cell membranes
*Ultrasound-enhanced drug activity (i.e. chemotherapy, thrombolytics)
*Tissue response to acousto-mechanical forces (apoptosis, wound healing, gene expression, etc.)
*Ultrasound and polymers:ultrasound-induced release of therapeutics from polymeric biomaterials and modification of polymer structure and/or function due to energy deposition from ultrasound

Journal Articles

3.) Y. Gong, M. Cabodi, and T. M. Porter, "Relationship between size and frequency dependent attenuation of monodisperse populations of lipid coated microbubbles," Bubble Science, Engineering & Technology, Vol. 2, No. 2, December 2010, pp. 41-47

2.) T. Ta, A. J. Convertine, C. R. Reyes, P. S. Stayton, and T. M. Porter, "Thermosensitive Liposomes Modified with Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-propylacrylic acid) Copolymers for Triggered Release of Doxorubicin," Biomacromolecules, Vol. 11, No. 8, 15 July 2010, pp. 1915–1920

1.) D. A. Smith, T. M. Porter, J. Martinez, S. Huang, R. C. MacDonald, D. D. McPherson, and C. K. Holland, "Destruction thresholds of echogenic liposomes with clinical diagnostic ultrasound," Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 33, No. 5, May 2007, pp. 797-809

Conference Papers

1.) M. Cabodi, T. M. Porter, and Y. Gong, "Pressure-dependent Resonance Frequency for Lipid-coated Microbubbles at Low Acoustic Pressures," 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2010