Two-dimensional autocorrelation method for ultrasound-based strain estimation

V Shamdasani, Y Kim - … Conference of the IEEE Engineering in …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound strain imaging maps the tissue stiffness in the region of interest by estimating
strain when the tissue is stressed. Prestress and poststress ultrasound echoes are …

Learning the implicit strain reconstruction in ultrasound elastography using privileged information

Z Gao, S Wu, Z Liu, J Luo, H Zhang, M Gong, S Li - Medical image analysis, 2019 - Elsevier
Quasi-static ultrasound elastography is an importance imaging technology to assess the
conditions of various diseases through reconstructing the tissue strain from radio frequency …

A systematic investigation of lateral estimation using various interpolation approaches in conventional ultrasound imaging

Z Liu, C Huang, J Luo - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate lateral displacement and strain estimation is critical for some applications of
elasticity imaging. Typically, motion estimation in the lateral direction is challenging because …

[HTML][HTML] A quality-guided displacement tracking algorithm for ultrasonic elasticity imaging

L Chen, GM Treece, JE Lindop, AH Gee… - Medical image …, 2009 - Elsevier
Displacement estimation is a key step in the evaluation of tissue elasticity by quasistatic
strain imaging. An efficient approach may incorporate a tracking strategy whereby each …

Reconstruction of elasticity: a stochastic model-based approach in ultrasound elastography

M Lu, H Zhang, J Wang, J Yuan, Z Hu, H Liu - Biomedical engineering …, 2013 - Springer
Background The convectional strain-based algorithm has been widely utilized in clinical
practice. It can only provide the information of relative information of tissue stiffness …

Alternating direction method of multipliers for displacement estimation in ultrasound strain elastography

M Ashikuzzaman, B Peng, J Jiang, H Rivaz - Medical physics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ultrasound strain imaging, which delineates mechanical properties to detect
tissue abnormalities, involves estimating the time delay between two radio‐frequency (RF) …

Uniform precision ultrasound strain imaging

GM Treece, JE Lindop, AH Gee… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound strain imaging is becoming increasingly popular as a way to measure stiffness
variation in soft tissue. Almost all techniques involve the estimation of a field of relative …

A hybrid displacement estimation method for ultrasonic elasticity imaging

L Chen, RJ Housden, GM Treece… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Axial displacement estimation is fundamental to many freehand quasistatic ultrasonic strain
imaging systems. In this paper, we present a novel estimation method that combines the …

Combining first-and second-order continuity constraints in ultrasound elastography

M Ashikuzzaman, A Sadeghi-Naini… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound elastography is a prominent noninvasive medical imaging technique that
estimates tissue elastic properties to detect abnormalities in an organ. A common …

Performance evaluation of methods for two-dimensional displacement and strain estimation using ultrasound radio frequency data

RGP Lopata, MM Nillesen, HHG Hansen… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2009 - Elsevier
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 …