Quantitative ultrasound imaging of soft biological tissues: a primer for radiologists and medical physicists

G Cloutier, F Destrempes, F Yu, A Tang - Insights into Imaging, 2021 - Springer
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims at quantifying interactions between ultrasound and
biological tissues. QUS techniques extract fundamental physical properties of tissues based …

Ultrasound methods in the evaluation of atherosclerosis: From pathophysiology to clinic

G Cismaru, T Serban, A Tirpe - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis is a key pathological process that causes a plethora of pathologies,
including coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, and ischemic stroke. The silent …

Recent advances in vascular ultrasound imaging technology and their clinical implications

S Golemati, DD Cokkinos - Ultrasonics, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper recent advances in vascular ultrasound imaging technology are discussed,
including three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS), contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and …

Assessment of carotid artery plaque components with machine learning classification using homodyned-K parametric maps and elastograms

MH Roy-Cardinal, F Destrempes… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) imaging methods, including elastography, echogenicity
analysis, and speckle statistical modeling, are available from a single ultrasound (US) radio …

Resonance, velocity, dispersion, and attenuation of ultrasound‐induced shear wave propagation in blood clot in vitro models

G Bosio, F Destrempes, L Yazdani… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Improve the characterization of mechanical properties of blood clots. Parameters
derived from shear wave (SW) velocity and SW amplitude spectra were determined for gel …

Ultrasound elastography in children

M Močnik, N Marčun Varda - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ultrasound elastography is a novel ultrasound technique, being extensively researched in
children in the last decade. It measures tissue elasticity with the observation of tissue …

Increased carotid artery wall stiffness and plaque prevalence in HIV infected patients measured with ultrasound elastography

MH Roy Cardinal, M Durand, C Chartrand-Lefebvre… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives Assess carotid artery strain and motion in people living with HIV as markers of
premature aging using ultrasound noninvasive vascular elastography (NIVE). Methods …

Deep learning-based carotid plaque vulnerability classification with multicentre contrast-enhanced ultrasound video: a comparative diagnostic study

Y Guang, W He, B Ning, H Zhang, C Yin, M Zhao… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of deep learning-based
detection and classification of carotid plaque (DL-DCCP) in carotid plaque contrast …

Atherosclerotic carotid bifurcation phantoms with stenotic soft inclusions for ultrasound flow and vessel wall elastography imaging

B Chayer, M Van den Hoven… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
As the complexity of ultrasound signal processing algorithms increases, it becomes more
difficult to demonstrate their added value and thus robust validation strategies are required …

The value of non-invasive vascular elastography (NIVE) in detecting early vascular changes in overweight and obese children

R El Jalbout, G Cloutier, MH Roy-Cardinal… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives Evaluate non-invasive vascular elastography (NIVE) in detecting vascular
changes associated with obese children. Methods Case-control study to evaluate NIVE in …