Plane-wave transverse oscillation for high-frame-rate 2-D vector flow imaging

M Lenge, A Ramalli, P Tortoli… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transverse oscillation (TO) methods introduce oscillations in the pulse–echo field (PEF)
along the direction transverse to the ultrasound propagation direction. This may be exploited …

Fast plane wave 2-D vector flow imaging using transverse oscillation and directional beamforming

J Jensen, CAV Hoyos, MB Stuart… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Several techniques can estimate the 2-D velocity vector in ultrasound. Directional
beamforming (DB) estimates blood flow velocities with a higher precision and accuracy than …

Simultaneous quantification of flow and tissue velocities based on multi-angle plane wave imaging

IK Ekroll, A Swillens, P Segers, T Dahl… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A quantitative angle-independent 2-D modality for flow and tissue imaging based on multi-
angle plane wave acquisition was evaluated. Simulations of realistic flow in a carotid artery …

Accurate angle estimator for high-frame-rate 2-D vector flow imaging

CAV Hoyos, MB Stuart, KL Hansen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel approach for estimating 2-D flow angles using a high-frame-rate
ultrasound method. The angle estimator features high accuracy and low standard deviation …

A vector flow imaging method for portable ultrasound using synthetic aperture sequential beamforming

T Di Ianni, CAV Hoyos, C Ewertsen… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a vector flow imaging method for the integration of quantitative blood
flow imaging in portable ultrasound systems. The method combines directional transverse …

Combined 2-D vector velocity imaging and tracking Doppler for improved vascular blood velocity quantification

J Avdal, L Løvstakken, H Torp… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Measurement of the maximum blood flow velocity is the primary means for determining the
degree of carotid stenosis using ultrasound. The current standard for estimating the …

A comparison between compounding techniques using large beam-steered plane wave imaging for blood vector velocity imaging in a carotid artery model

AECM Saris, HHG Hansen, S Fekkes… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional color Doppler imaging is limited, since it only provides velocity estimates
along the ultrasound beam direction for a restricted field of view at a limited frame rate. High …

Ultrasonic 3-D Vector Flow Method for Quantitative In Vivo Peak Velocity and Flow Rate Estimation

S Holbek, C Ewertsen, H Bouzari… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current clinical ultrasound (US) systems are limited to show blood flow movement in either 1-
D or 2-D. In this paper, a method for estimating 3-D vector velocities in a plane using the …

Real-time vector velocity assessment through multigate Doppler and plane waves

S Ricci, L Bassi, P Tortoli - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Several ultrasound (US) methods have been recently proposed to produce 2-D velocity
vector fields with high temporal and spatial resolution. However, the real-time …

High-frame-rate 2-D vector blood flow imaging in the frequency domain

M Lenge, A Ramalli, E Boni, H Liebgott… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional ultrasound Doppler techniques estimate the blood velocity exclusively in the
axial direction to produce the sonograms and color flow maps needed for diagnosis of …