Effects of Coherence-Based Beamforming on Breast Ultrasound Elastograms

G Matrone, E Lashkevich, A Bertoni… - 2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In quasi-static elastography, the operator compresses the tissue under exam with the probe,
while the scanner processes the beamformed frames, by means of correlation or signal …

Rotation elastogram estimation using mechanical assisted spatial compounding: A simulation study

B Galaz, T Henriquez, D Espíndola… - 2021 IEEE UFFC Latin …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In quasi-static ultrasound elastography the breast tumor classification may be done by using
the rotation fill-in signature presents in the rotation elastogram, which is a marker of …

2D tissue strain tensor imaging in quasi-static ultrasound elastography

AL Duroy, V Detti, A Coulon, O Basset… - 2021 43rd Annual …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurately estimating all strain components in quasi-static ultrasound elastography is crucial
for the full analysis of biological media. In this paper, 2D strain tensor imaging is …

A novel tissue mechanics‐based method for improved motion tracking in quasi‐static ultrasound elastography

N Kheirkhah, S Dempsey, A Sadeghi‐Naini… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Most cancers are associated with biological and structural changes that lead to
tissue stiffening. Therefore, imaging tissue stiffness using quasi‐static ultrasound …

Neural-network-based motion tracking for breast ultrasound strain elastography: An initial assessment of performance and feasibility

B Peng, Y Xian, Q Zhang, J Jiang - Ultrasonic imaging, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Accurate tracking of tissue motion is critically important for several ultrasound elastography
methods. In this study, we investigate the feasibility of using three published convolution …

Adaptive data function for robust ultrasound elastography

M Ashikuzzaman, TJ Hall… - 2020 IEEE International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Regularized optimization-based ultrasound elastography techniques minimize an energy
function consisting of data and continuity terms to obtain the displacement tensor between …

A Comparative Study of Displacement De-Noising Strategies: An in Vivo Feasibility Study Using 3D Whole Breast Ultrasound Data

J Jiang, B Peng - 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the availability of 3D whole breast ultrasound data (WBUS), a lot of recent research
efforts are devoted to 3D ultrasound strain elastography. We propose a software post …

Spatio-temporal normalized cross-correlation for estimation of the displacement field in ultrasound elastography

M Mirzaei, A Asif, M Fortin, H Rivaza - arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.05305, 2018 - arxiv.org
This paper introduces a novel technique to estimate tissue displacement in quasi-static
elastography. A major challenge in elastography is estimation of displacement (also referred …

Comparative Study of Ultrasound Tissue Motion Tracking Techniques for Effective Breast Ultrasound Elastography

M Caius, A Samani - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is the most common and deadly cancer in women, where early detection is of
the utmost importance as survival rates decrease with the advancement of the disease. Most …

Analytical estimation of out-of-plane strain in ultrasound elastography to improve axial and lateral displacement fields

N Kheirkhah, A Sadeghi-Naini… - 2020 42nd Annual …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many types of cancers are associated with changes in tissue mechanical properties. This
has led to the development of elastography as a clinically viable method where tissue …