Ultrasound strain imaging utilizes radio-frequency (RF) ultrasound echo signals to estimate
the relative elasticity of tissue under deformation. Due to the diagnostic value inherent in …

Energy-based ultrasound elastography techniques minimize a regularized cost function
consisting of data and continuity terms to obtain local displacement estimates based on the …

Cardiac elastography (CE) is an ultrasound-based technique utilizing radio-frequency (RF)
signals for assessing global and regional myocardial function. In this work, a complete strain …

A multilevel Lagrangian carotid strain imaging algorithm is analyzed to identify
computational bottlenecks for implementation on a graphics processing unit (GPU) …

Background Ultrasound strain imaging, which delineates mechanical properties to detect
tissue abnormalities, involves estimating the time delay between two radio‐frequency (RF) …

Lateral motion estimation has been a challenge in ultrasound elastography mainly due to
the low resolution, low sampling frequency, and lack of phase information in the lateral …

Accurate tracking of tissue motion is critically important for several ultrasound elastography
methods including strain elastography and shear wave elastography. In this study, we …

Accurate lateral displacement and strain estimation is critical for some applications of
elasticity imaging. Typically, motion estimation in the lateral direction is challenging because …

Estimation of tissue motion in the lateral direction remains a major challenge in 2-D
ultrasound strain imaging (USI). Although various methodologies have been proposed to …

Our primary objective of this paper was to extend a previously published 2-D coupled
subsample tracking algorithm for 3-D speckle tracking in the framework of ultrasound breast …