Pulse wave imaging (PWI) is an ultrasound imaging modality that estimates the wall stiffness
of an imaged arterial segment by tracking the pulse wave propagation. The aim of the …

High-frame-rate vector Doppler methods are used to measure blood velocities over large 2-
D regions, but their accuracy is often estimated over a short range of depths. This article …

Coronary artery disease is the most common type of cardiovascular disease, affecting> 18
million adults, and is responsible for> 365 k deaths per year in the US alone. Wall shear …

Purpose: Detailed blood flow studies may contribute to improvements in carotid artery
stenting. High-frame-rate contrast-enhanced ultrasound followed by particle image …

Locally elevated wall shear stress (WSS) has been linked with plaque rupture and erosion,
which can then lead to major adverse cardiac events. We have previously demonstrated …

In this paper, we present the optimal use of coded signals in diverging wave transmission for
fast ultrasonic imaging. The performance of coded imaging with diverging waves, quantified …

This paper presents an approach to characterize ultrasonic imaging arrays using pin targets
in commercial test phantoms. We used a 128-element phased array transducer operating at …

This thesis is focused on ultrasound imaging for clinical application. The goal is to give to
clinicians an ultrasound mode to simultaneously extract wall motion and flow at high frame …

Vascular pathology such as atherosclerosis or arterial stiffening involves significant
disruption in the blood flow dynamics found in the vasculature, with complex behavior such …

Ultrasound imaging techniques have become increasingly successful in the medical field as
they provide relatively low cost and totally safe diagnosis. Doppler methods focus on blood …