Automatic frame selection using MLP neural network in ultrasound elastography

A Zayed, H Rivaz - Image Analysis and Recognition: 16th International …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Virtual Breast Quasi-static Elastography (VBQE) A Case Study in Contrast Transfer Efficiency of Viscoelastic Imaging

D Rosen, Y Wang, J Jiang - Ultrasonic imaging, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Viscoelasticity Imaging (VEI) has been proposed to measure relaxation time constants for
characterization of in vivo breast lesions. In this technique, an external compression force on …

3D Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography for Musculoskeletal Tissue Assessment Under Compressive Load: A Feasibility Study

BJ Ranger, KM Moerman, M Feigin… - Ultrasonic …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Given its real-time capability to quantify mechanical tissue properties, ultrasound shear
wave elastography holds significant promise in clinical musculoskeletal imaging. However …

Combining physics-based modeling and deep learning for ultrasound elastography

N Mohammadi, MM Doyley… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound elasticity images which enable the visualization of quantitative maps of tissue
stiffness can be reconstructed by solving an inverse problem. Classical model-based …

An application of super-resolution generative adversary networks for quasi-static ultrasound strain elastography: A feasibility study

L He, B Peng, T Yang, J Jiang - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, a super-resolution approach based on generative adversary network (GAN)
was used to interpolate (up-sample) ultrasound radio-frequency (RF) echo data along the …

Combining total variation regularization with window-based time delay estimation in ultrasound elastography

M Mirzaei, A Asif, H Rivaz - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Improvement of lesion detection by complete angular compound ultrasonic elastography

C Liu, Y Zhou - Ultrasonic imaging, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Quasi-static ultrasound elastography is an emerging diagnostic imaging modality for
determining the stiffness of pathologically changed soft tissues, which do not show …

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 …

Reconstructing the spatial distribution of the relative shear modulus in quasi-static ultrasound elastography: plane stress analysis

L Seppecher, E Bretin, P Millien, L Petrusca… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quasi-static ultrasound elastography (QSUE) is an imaging technique that mainly provides
axial strain maps of tissues when the latter are subjected to compression. In this article, a …

Automatic Frame Selection using CNN in Ultrasound Elastography

A Zayed, G Cloutier, H Rivaz - 2020 42nd Annual International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound elastography is used to estimate the mechanical properties of the tissue by
monitoring its response to an internal or external force. Different levels of deformation are …