Research & Validation

Studies, technical reports, evaluation guides, and scientific publications
for the Open-LIFU and Open-Motion platforms.

Research library

Explore the methods, evidence, and evaluation frameworks behind Openwater technology. Each resource identifies its scope, evidence basis, and publication status so readers can distinguish research guidance from controlled product documentation.

3 resources

Open-LIFUEvaluation guidePublished

How to Evaluate Wearable Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Platforms for Brain Research

Buyer-side criteria for comparing tFUS/TUS/LIFU neuromodulation platforms: acoustic calibration, target compatibility, subject-specific planning, navigation, safety, controls, reproducibility, and research extensibility.

Openwater · Evidence framework aligned to ITRUSST reporting, practice, and safety guidance

Open-MotionEvaluation guidePublished

How to Evaluate Wearable Optical Blood-Flow Monitoring Platforms for Cerebral Hemodynamics Research

Buyer-side criteria for comparing optical cerebral blood-flow platforms: metric definition, brain specificity, detector calibration, SNR, motion/contact artifacts, safety, synchronization, data access, and validation transferability.

Openwater · Evidence framework informed by SCOS/DCS measurement literature and current Open-Motion documentation

Open-LIFUTechnical reportAwaiting release

Open-LIFU Transducer Localization Accuracy Study

Evaluation of phone-based photogrammetry for registering an Open-LIFU 2X transducer housing to MRI, using a mannequin with a known housing position.

Seemal Tahir, Peter Hollender, David Paribello, Soren Konecky

About this library

This library brings together platform evaluation guides, white papers, technical reports, validation studies, and scientific publications. Evaluation guides translate evidence into buyer-side or investigator-side decision criteria; controlled product documentation remains in the Open-LIFU and Open-Motion documentation sections.

Release status and scientific peer review are identified separately. Released reports include a versioned PDF and citation; external publications link to their publisher or DOI.

Contribute to Openwater research

Share expertise, improve methods, or help build the literature library.

Join the research community