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David Bradway

Research Scientist, Senior
Biomedical Engineering
Room 1427, Fitzpatrick CIEMAS, 101 Science Dr., Box 90281, Durham, NC 27708-0281
100 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Hudson Annex 259  

Research Interests


Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging
  • Ultrasonic elasticity imaging including Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging
  • Ultrasound beamforming and synthetic aperture imaging
  • Short Lag Spatial Coherence Imaging and Lag One Coherence
  • Large Aperture imaging
  • Adaptive imaging methods for frequency and intensity selection
  • Computational methods and computing
  • Experimental and clinical studies

Selected Grants


3D Shearwave Elasticity Biomarker Development for Neuromuscular Disease

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

A novel transducer clip-on device to enable accessible and functional 3D ultrasound imaging

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2026

Coherence-Based Fetal Ultrasonic Imaging

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · 2022 - 2026

Matrix Transducer for 3D-SWEI Hepatic Imaging

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Acoustiic Inc · 2023 - 2024

A Patient-Adaptive, High MI Abdominal Scanner

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

Large aperture and wideband modular ultrasound arrays for the diagnosis of liver cancer

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Stanford University · 2018 - 2023

Clutter Suppression in Echocardiography Using Short-Lag Spatial Coherence Imaging

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Stanford University · 2018 - 2022

Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Imaging of Cardiac Tissue

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2020

Large aperture and wideband modular ultrasound arrays for the diagnosis of liver cancer

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by University of California - Davis · 2017 - 2018

Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Imaging of Cardiac Tissue

ResearchResearch Assistant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2014

Mechanisms of Image Quality Improvement via Harmonic Imaging

ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012