The International Workshop on Medical Ultrasound Tomography (MUST) is a biannual workshop that brings together research groups from around the globe that are engaged in the development of ultrasound tomography. The workshop is designed to be interactive and intimate, allowing for the discussion and exchange of new ideas amongst the growing ultrasound tomography community. MUST is attended by researchers presenting recent developments in a wide variety of topics including theory and practical application of image reconstruction and calibration algorithms, signal and image processing, image analysis and evaluation as well as system and transducer design and clinical application of ultrasound tomography.
The inaugural workshop - MUST 2017 - was held in Speyer, Germany. The three-day workshop included eight invited talks, which covered the history and possible future trends of ultrasound tomography (J. Greenleaf), the clinical motivation (P. Littrup) and status of breast imaging (H. Madjar), the connection to seismics (A. Fichtner) and geophysics (G. Pratt), the latest trends in ultrasound transducers (N. de Jong) as well as the aspects of commercialisation of photoacoustic imaging systems (C. Wiest). Additionally 29 oral presentations were given and 11 posters were presented. In dedicated discussion sessions the current challenges and future directions of ultrasound tomography were discussed with the audience. 59 participants from 10 countries attended and actively contributed to a very successful workshop.
MUST 2019 was held in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The program of the two-day workshop included six invite talks, 21 oral presentations and 15 posters. The presentations covered the history and future trends of ultrasound tomography, the clinical motivation and status of breast imaging as well as commercial developments. Dedicated discussion sessions with the audience covered the current challenges and future directions of ultrasound tomography. The conference was attended by 42 participants from 10 countries.
