The nonstationary variation in the noise performance of the cross-correlation-based strain
estimator due to frequency-dependent attenuation and lateral and elevational signal …

In current practice, only one out of three components of the tissue displacement vector and
one of nine components of the strain tensor are accurately estimated and imaged in …

We propose a novel strain estimation technique that can produce reliable strain images of
both solid and fluid-filled lesions. In our method, a kernel-based correlation coefficient …

We present a novel and efficient approach for robust estimation of displacement in real-time
strain imaging for freehand ultrasound elastography by utilizing pre-and post-deformation …

In conventional elastography, strain is estimated from the gradient of the displacement (time-
delay) estimates. The displacement estimates involve estimating the peak location of the …

Elastography based on strain imaging currently endures mechanical artefacts and limited
contrast transfer efficiency. Solving the inverse elasticity problem (IEP) should obviate these …

An efficient block matching and spectral shift estimation algorithm for freehand quasi-static
ultrasound elastography is described in this paper. The proposed method provides a …

In freehand elastography, quasi-static tissue compression is applied through the ultrasound
probe, and the corresponding axial strain is estimated by calculating the time shift between …

A theoretical formulation characterizing the noise performance of strain estimation using
envelope signals is presented for the cross-correlation based strain estimator in …

Ultrasound elastography estimates the mechanical properties of the tissue from two Radio-
Frequency (RF) frames collected before and after tissue deformation due to an external or …