Ian Rivens PhD

Ian Rivens graduated with a degree in Physics from Imperial College in 1989. He has a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Institute of Cancer Research where he works as a post-doctoral staff scientist researcher. He has worked in many areas of high intensity focused ultrasound (aka HIFU or FUS) for over 20 years. He has experience with MR and US imaging guidance and monitoring, of a single element and phased array therapy devices and laboratory expertise ranging from calibration, through experiments using laboratory phantoms, in vitro experimentation to pre-clinical and clinical trials. He is a state registered clinical scientist. His current research interests include passive acoustic cavitation detection during therapy ultrasound induced ablation and histotripsy, and during exposures adjuvant to radiotherapy for overcoming hypoxia-induced radio-resistance.