Gregg E. Trahey

Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Appointments and Affiliations
- Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Professor in Radiology
- Bass Fellow
Contact Information
- Office Location: 275 Engineering Annex, Durham, NC 27708
- Office Phone: (919) 660-5169
- Email Address: gregg.trahey@duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- Ph.D. Duke University, 1985
- M.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979
- B.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1975
Research Interests
Medical ultrasound, image guided surgery, adaptive imaging, imaging of tissue's mechanical properties, and radiation force imaging.Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Fellow. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2022
- MERIT Award. National Institutes of Health. 2009
- Fellows. American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. 1999
Courses Taught
- BME 354L: Introduction to Medical Instrumentation
- BME 494: Projects in Biomedical Engineering (GE)
- BME 542: Principles of Ultrasound Imaging (GE, IM)
- BME 844: Advanced Ultrasonic Imaging
- BME 848L: Radiology in Practice
- MEDPHY 738: Radiology in Practice
In the News
- Gregg Trahey Named a Fellow of IEEE (Jan 20, 2022 | Duke Engineering News)
- Meet Duke BME’s Innovative Ultrasound Trio (Oct 8, 2021 | Duke BME Magazine)
- Making the Next Wave of Imaging Tools for Cancer Diagnosis (May 9, 2019 | Duke Engineering News)
Representative Publications
- Long, J; Trahey, G; Bottenus, N, Spatial Coherence in Medical Ultrasound: A Review., Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, vol 48 no. 6 (2022), pp. 975-996 [10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.01.009] [abs].
- Ahmed, R; Bottenus, N; Long, J; Trahey, GE, Reverberation Clutter Suppression Using 2-D Spatial Coherence Analysis., Ieee Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol 69 no. 1 (2022), pp. 84-97 [10.1109/tuffc.2021.3108059] [abs].
- Offerdahl, K; Huber, M; Long, W; Bottenus, N; Nelson, R; Trahey, G, Occult Regions of Suppressed Coherence in Liver B-Mode Images., Ultrasound Med Biol, vol 48 no. 1 (2022), pp. 47-58 [10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.09.007] [abs].
- Long, J; Bottenus, N; Trahey, GE, Frequency-Dependent Spatial Coherence in Conventional and Chirp Transmissions., Ieee Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol 68 no. 5 (2021), pp. 1707-1720 [10.1109/tuffc.2021.3050120] [abs].
- Bottenus, N; LeFevre, M; Cleve, J; Crowley, AL; Trahey, G, Resolution and Speckle Reduction in Cardiac Imaging., Ieee Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control, vol 68 no. 4 (2021), pp. 1131-1143 [10.1109/TUFFC.2020.3034518] [abs].