Objectives To investigate whether quantitative ultrasound (US) imaging, based on the
envelope statistics of the backscattered US signal, can describe muscle properties in …

Prenatal events such as intrauterine growth restriction and increased cardiovascular risk in
later life have been shown to be associated with an increased intima-media thickness (aIMT) …

Objective The diagnosis of prostate cancer has been a challenging task. Compared with
traditional diagnosis methods, the radiofrequency (RF) signal is not only non-invasive but …

Segmentation of carotid artery intima-media in longitudinal ultrasound images for measuring
its thickness to predict cardiovascular diseases can be simplified as detecting two nearly …

The derivation of statistically optimal similarity measures for intensity-based registration is
possible by modeling the underlying image noise distribution. The parameters of these …

Intima Media Thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery is an important marker indicating the sign
of cardiovascular disease. Automated measurement of IMT requires segmentation of intima …

Detection of vascular areas (blood vessels) using B-Mode ultrasound images is needed for
automatic applications such as registration and navigation in medical operations. This study …

We present here an enhancement of our Contour and Speckle Tracking (CST) method,
dedicated to assess the bi-dimensional (radial and longitudinal) movement of the common …

Coronary artery disease leads to failure of coronary circulation secondary to accumulation of
atherosclerotic plaques. In adjunction to primary imaging of such vascular plaques using …

The existence of edges and boundaries in regions of interest (ROIs) in B-scan images alters
the statistics of the backscattered echo from the ROI. Boundaries are the result of at least two …