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Dr Weidong (James) Liang Successfully Defends His PhD at King’s College London
The Photons+ Ultrasound Research Laboratory (PURL) at King’s College London is delighted to celebrate the successful PhD defence of Dr Weidong Liang. Dr Liang has completed his doctoral research under the supervision of Dr Wenfeng Xia and Professor Sebastien Ourselin. His research focuses on the development of real-time 3D ultrasonic needle tracking technologies for image-guided interventions. By integrating fibre-optic sensing with advanced ultrasound imaging systems, his wo
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SJTU President Kui-Ling Ding Visits PURL at King’s College London
The Photons+ Ultrasound Research Laboratory (PURL) at King’s College London was honoured to host a distinguished delegation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), led by Professor Kui-Ling Ding, President of SJTU and Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. During the visit, Professor Ding and accompanying delegates were welcomed by members of the PURL team and given a comprehensive tour of the laboratory’s facilities. The delegation was introduced to PURL’s ongoing res
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Visit from E-town Capital: Strengthening Academic-Industry Engagement
We were delighted to welcome a senior delegation from E-town Capital ( en.etowncapital.com ), a leading investment and industrial...
Jul 17, 2025


Successful Mini-Symposium on Advanced Photoacoustic, Optical, and Ultrasound Imaging at EMBC 2025
We are pleased to share that our lab played an active role at the 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in...
Jul 17, 2025


Visit from Leadership Delegation of The Global Institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
On 1st July 2025, we were honoured to host a senior delegation from the Global Institute of Future Technology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). The visitors included Dr Tianshu Ge, Party Committee Secretary, and Dr Weiliang Xia, Associate Dean of the Institute. During their visit, the delegation engaged in meaningful discussions with our team, gaining a deeper understanding of our ongoing research in biomedical imaging and translational engineering. They also toured ou
Jul 1, 2025


Congratulations to Ziyu on the Publication in Optics Express!
We are delighted to share that Ziyu's latest research article, "Seeing through multimode fibers using real-valued intensity transmission...
Apr 3, 2025


Our Team at the 2025 Postgraduate Research Symposium!
We’re excited to share that James, Ziyu, and Feng participated in the 2025 School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences...
Mar 27, 2025


Beacon Surgical Presents 3D Needle Tracking Device at London Institute for Healthcare Engineering
The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) #MedTech and #Accelerator Showcase became a defining moment for our research...
Jan 16, 2025


We are at IEEE IUS 2024 @Taipei
Glad to have attended the 2024 IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Joint Symposium ! Congratulations to Christian...
Oct 2, 2024


Announcement: the official publication of our book, 'Biomedical Photoacoustics', by Springer Nature!
I am thrilled to announce the official publication of our book, 'Biomedical Photoacoustics: Technology and Applications' , by Springer...
Sep 5, 2024


Congratulations to Mengjie Shi for successfully passing her PhD viva
Congratulations to Mengjie Shi for successfully passing her PhD viva with minor corrections! Over the last four years, Mengjie has...
Aug 31, 2024


PURL members attended the 1st International Workshop on Photoacoustic Phantoms
PURL members Feng HE, Tieming Liu & Dr Wenfeng Xia attended the 1st International Workshop on Photoacoustic Phantom, which took place...
Jun 29, 2024


A new sound-speed correction algorithm using transfer learning has been released
I am glad to share our recent work on sound speed reconstruction from #ultrasound raw data using #transferlearning in a dual-modal...
Jun 5, 2024


Mengjie Shi delivered two fantastic presentations at the @SPIE Photonics West!
Congratulations to Mengjie Shi for delivering two fantastic presentations at the @SPIE Photonics West! She demonstrated how deep...
Feb 18, 2024


€10m ERC Synergy grant win to develop revolutionary cancer treatment robot
Professor Sebastien Ourselin, Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, is part of a research group that has been...
Dec 1, 2023
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