Research Group directed by Assist. Prof. @dagdevirencanan - Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy at @medialab
Researchers from the Media Lab’s @cdecoders group have developed a new approach to ultrasound imaging that allows the user to visualize a 3D augmented-reality image, making it easier to identify and analyze the object being scanned. The system could improve the training process for ultrasound technicians and other healthcare providers. It could also be deployed for use in hospitals, for tasks such as using ultrasound to place a needle in the right location for a biopsy.
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Congratulations to Prof. @dagdevirencanan on being selected as one of the four winners of the 2026 @Nature Awards Healthspan Accelerator! These awards identify human health research with the potential to transform the human healthspan.
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Congratulations to Media Lab Professor @dagdevirencanan on being inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (@AIMBE) College of Fellows as part of the 2026 class! https://t.co/kXNXs4LvPI
“We chose to focus on breast cancer because it sits at the intersection of urgent medical need, clear technological gaps, and major societal impact.” In an interview with MedScriptum, Prof. @dagdevirencanan discusses her work developing new tools to diagnose breast tumors and monitor disease progression and the efficacy of treatment. https://t.co/rhWcUCKC1y
On Feb. 11 at 10am ET, join the @CDecoders group, led by Prof. @dagdevirencanan, for a special seminar with Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA (ret.). Dr. Blumenthal, who is a member of the MIT Media Lab Director's Circle and serves as the Honorary Chair of the Media Lab's WHx Program for Women’s Health, will share her remarkable story on women's health. https://t.co/DBneLQ5Q8E
20 to 30 percent of all breast tumors are diagnosed between regular screenings. For some individuals at high risk for breast cancer, frequent ultrasound scanning in addition to regular mammograms could help to boost the number of tumors that are detected early. A portable ultrasound scanner developed by researchers in the @cdecoders group led by Prof. @dagdevirencanan could make it easier for breast ultrasounds to be performed more often, either at home or at a doctor’s office. https://t.co/1r8wdSVdW6
Watch: Prof. @dagdevirencanan, head of the @cdecoders group and faculty lead for the Women’s Health Program at the Media Lab, talks to the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing about her work, and how she draws inspiration from the natural world and care for her loved ones. https://t.co/5utqg44oX3
Watch: Prof. @dagdevirencanan—Director of @cdecoders and Principal Investigator of WHx, the Media Lab's Women's Health program—talked to @BW about how wearable tech + AI can transform the way we detect and treat disease, particularly for women. https://t.co/EYkzomVt5a
Media Lab Prof. @dagdevirencanan, head of the @cdecoders research group, and @davaexplorer, Apollo Professor of Astronautics at MIT (@aeroastro), have received an Innovator Grant from the MIT HEALS Seed Grant program. https://t.co/UcMtA082cf
Congratulations to Yoonsoo Shin, a postdoc in the @cdecoders group, on being awarded a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Nurturing Next-generation Researchers! https://t.co/HU5ySzOhyY
Congratulations to Jason Hou, a PhD student in the @cdecoders group, on being selected as one of the inaugural MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (HEALS) Graduate Fellows! https://t.co/eqWRREN30m
Congratulations to PhD students @anku__rani (Viral Communications) and Shrihari Viswanath (@cdecoders) on being selected as recipients of the 2025–26 Tata Center for Technology and Design Fellowship administered by @mitenergy! https://t.co/s32k4zWh11
Congratulations to @laraozkan_, an undergraduate researcher in the @cdecoders group, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding UROP Student Award for @mitsap! https://t.co/Df90GPzFKG
Watch: Prof. @dagdevirencanan speaks to @NBC10Boston about the wearable ultrasound scanner being developed in her @cdecoders research group. Placed inside a bra, the technology could help to detect the earliest stages of breast cancer. https://t.co/W2IJK8i0fG
Watch: Last week, Prof. @dagdevirencanan, head of the @CDecoders group and WHx Faculty Lead, welcomed @LindaGGriffith1 to the seminar series hosted by the Women's Health Program (WHx) at the Media Lab. The archived video is available now! https://t.co/QOXSb17mAS
Congratulations to Media Lab Prof. @canandagdeviren, head of the @cdecoders research group, who has received the Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising! https://t.co/D7uSikoSTL
As of today, our dear friend Amanda Nguyen, the first Vietnamese-American astronaut, took our wearable ultrasound patch to the space—with the first ever only female crew space flight in history🚀👩🏻🚀
#wearableultrasoundpatch#blueorigin🚀
The wearable ultrasound patch, developed in our Conformable Decoders group and our newly established women’s health program (WHx), is designed for operator-independent, large-area imaging. This could enable continuous health monitoring in space.