Meridith A. Kisting
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Meridith A. Kisting is a rising biomedical engineer whose research focuses on the intersection of non-invasive therapeutic ultrasound and advanced image guidance, particularly for cancer applications. Her work centers on histotripsy—a novel, non-thermal ablation technique that mechanically fractionates tissue—and the critical challenge of ensuring its precise delivery. In her landmark 2025 study, “Evaluation of targeting accuracy of cone beam CT guided histotripsy in an in vivo porcine model,” Kisting demonstrated the feasibility of using C-arm cone beam CT (CBCT) to guide a robotic histotripsy system. By creating small, targeted “pseudotumors” in the livers of healthy swine, she achieved millimeter-level accuracy, proving that CBCT can effectively compensate for respiratory motion and organ deformation. This work, already garnering 5 citations in its first year, establishes a crucial translational pathway for bringing histotripsy into the clinic. Kisting’s contributions are foundational: she is not merely refining a technique but building the navigational framework required for histotripsy to become a safe, standard-of-care option for treating liver and other solid tumors, potentially replacing invasive surgery or radiation. Her research promises to make cancer therapy both more precise and less traumatic.
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