The lab was founded 2004, and since 2021 is labelled as Singular Laboratory, physically occupies two spaces, 110 m2 at the Polytechnic building, and 30 m2 at the Hospital Universitario Clinico San Cecilio. It is also labelled as the PAIDI TEP959 and IBS TEC-12 research groups, and is part of the Excellence Scientific Unit MNAT.

The projects below are examples of how Engineering can help Medical Science: by understanding and using the mechanics of tissue making use of ultrasound - mechanical waves whose interaction with tissue embraces many secrets.

Novel elastography biomarkers: viscosity and nonlinearity. Clinical application to melanoma diagnosis.

The adoption of multiscale approaches by the biomechanical community has caused a major improvement in quality in the mechanical characterization of soft tissues. The recent developments in elastography techniques are enabling in vivo and non-invasive quantification of tissues mechanical properties. Elastic changes in a tissue are associated with a broad spectrum of pathologies, which stems from the tissue microstructure, histology and biochemistry.