Ultrasound elastography is widely used for the non-invasive measurement of tissue elasticity
properties. Shear wave imaging (SWI) is a quantitative method for assessing tissue stiffness …

In current ultrasound elastography, only the axial component of the displacement vector is
estimated and used to produce strain images. A method was recently proposed by our group …

Many ultrasound elastograms are reconstructed from pre-and post-compression
radiofrequency (RF) signals after beamforming using a single or a few focusing depths. This …

Ultrasonic strain imaging promises to be a valuable tool in medical diagnostics. Reliability
and ease-of-use have become important considerations. These depend on selection of …

In elastography, several methods for 2-D strain imaging have been introduced, based on
both raw frequency (RF) data and speckle-tracking. Although the precision and lesion …

A critical step in quasi-static ultrasound elastography is the estimation of time delay between
two frames of radio-frequency (RF) data that are obtained while the tissue is undergoing …

In ultrasound elastography, tissue axial strains are calculated from the gradient of the
estimated axial displacements. However, the common differentiation operation amplifies the …

A major challenge of free-hand palpation ultrasound elastography (USE) is estimating the
displacement of RF samples between pre-and post-compressed RF data. The problem of …

Shear wave based ultrasound elastography utilizes mechanical excitation or acoustic
radiation force to induce shear waves in deep tissue. The tissue response is monitored to …

Ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) is a technique used to measure mechanical
properties to evaluate healthy and pathological soft tissues. SWE typically employs an …