Quantification of cardiac deformation and strain with 3D ultrasound takes considerable
research efforts. Nevertheless, a widespread use of these techniques in clinical practice is …

In this paper, we present a real-time approach that allows tracking deformable structures in
3D ultrasound sequences. Our method consists in obtaining the target displacements by …

Quantification of regional myocardial motion and deformation from cardiac ultrasound is
fostering considerable research efforts. Despite the tremendous improvements done in the …

Ultrasound speckle tracking is the task of detecting moving structures on the ultrasound
image time sequence. It provides robust estimates of fine tissue displacements along the …

Image-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is becoming increasingly accepted
as a form of noninvasive ablative therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, uterine fibroids …

The motion estimation methods are used for modeling of various physical processes, the
behavior of objects, and prediction of events. In this chapter the moving objects in videos are …

Ultrasound echoscopy technologies are continuously evolving towards new modalities
including quantitative parameter imaging, elastography, 3D scanning, and others. The …

In this paper, we combine a ventricular kinematic model and an ultrasound simulation model
in order to simulate the echocardiographic imaging process. In addition to its capability to …

The distinction between a transmural and subendocardial infarction is important for both
therapeutic and prognostic reasons. To investigate the possibility to differentiate these two …

Transverse oscillation (TO) techniques have shown their potential for improving the
accuracy of local motion estimation in the transverse direction (ie, the direction …