Researchers in applied mathematics are part of a team developing technologies that use acoustic waves to target and destroy cancerous tumours.
While doctors have used low-intensity ultrasound as a medical imaging tool since the 1950s, experts at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵÌýareÌýusing and extendingÌýmodelsÌýthat helpÌýcaptureÌýhow high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can work on a cellular level.
Siv Sivaloganathan, chair of the Department of Applied MathematicsÌýand researcher with the Centre for Math Medicine at the Fields Institute, has been working on math models for HIFU technologyÌýfor a number of years.
Using mathematical models in computer simulations, he helps to addressÌýfundamental problems in HIFUÌýtechnology without any risk to actual patients.
Read more in the recent press release on À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News.