Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the Western world. Therefore,
detection and quantification of atherosclerotic disease is of paramount importance to monitor …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death and is in the majority of cases
due to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in arteries. Initially, thickening of the inner …

Ultrasound-based carotid elastography has been developed to estimate the mechanical
properties of atherosclerotic plaques. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vivo …

Purpose: To measure the deformation of the human optic nerve head (ONH) and
peripapillary tissue (PPT) in response to acute intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation …

A hierarchical block-matching motion tracking algorithm for strain imaging is presented.
Displacements are estimated with improved robustness and precision by utilizing a …

Background and Purpose—Carotid plaque rupture is a major cause of stroke. Key issue for
risk stratification is early identification of rupture-prone plaques. A noninvasive technique …

Purpose: In vivo evaluation of corneal biomechanics holds the potential for improving
diagnosis and management of ocular diseases. We aimed to develop an ocular pulse …

Deformations of the atherosclerotic vascular wall induced by the pulsating blood can be
estimated using ultrasound strain imaging. Because these deformations indirectly provide …

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a surrogate marker of arterial stiffness linked to cardiovascular
morbidity. Pulse wave imaging (PWI) is a technique developed by our group for imaging the …

Ultrasound vascular strain imaging has shown its potential to interrogate the motion of the
vessel wall induced by the cardiac pulsation for predicting plaque instability. In this study, a …