Estimation of the concentration of particles in suspension based on envelope statistics of ultrasound backscattering

A Fernandez, A Ibanez, M Parrilla, L Elvira, Q Bassat… - Ultrasonics, 2021 - Elsevier
This work deals with the development of a methodology to evaluate the concentration in cell
or particle suspensions from ultrasound images. The novelty of the method is based on two …

Evaluation of the Cell Concentration in Suspensions of Human Leukocytes by Ultrasound Imaging: The Influence of Size Dispersion and Cell Type

L Elvira, A Fernández, L León, A Ibáñez, M Parrilla… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work focuses on the use of ultrasound imaging to evaluate the cell concentration of
dilute leukocyte suspensions in the range of 10–3000 cells/µL. First, numerical simulations …

Development and characterization of medical phantoms for ultrasound imaging based on customizable and mouldable polyvinyl alcohol Cryogel–Based materials …

L Elvira, C Duran, RT Higuti, MM Tiago, A Ibanez… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work presents an affordable and easily customizable methodology for phantom
manufacturing, which can be used to mimic different anatomic organs and structures. This …

[HTML][HTML] High-Resolution Ultrasound Platform for Infant Meningitis Detection: An In Vitro Demonstration

M Navarrete, D Castells-Rufas, HB Kichou… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Infant meningitis remains a severe burden on global health, particularly for young infants.
Traditional ultrasound imaging techniques are limited in spatial resolution to visualize white …

Measuring the absolute concentration of microparticles in suspension using high-frequency B-mode ultrasound imaging

JH Lee, DS Boning, BW Anthony - Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Concentration measurement of particles in suspension is an important procedure performed
in biological and clinical laboratories. Existing methods based on instruments such as …

Novel AI-Driven Infant Meningitis Screening from High Resolution Ultrasound Imaging

H Sial, F Carandell, S Ajanovic, J Jimenez, R Quesada… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Background: Infant meningitis can be a life-threatening disease and requires prompt and
accurate diagnosis to prevent severe outcomes or death. Gold-standard diagnosis requires …

A New Methodology for the Assessment of Very Low Concentrations of Cells in Serous Body Fluids Based on the Count of Ultrasound Echoes Backscattered From …

L Elvira, AI Rodríguez, A Fernández… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A methodology for the assessment of cell concentration, in the range 5-100 cells/μL, suitable
for in vivo analysis of serous body fluids is presented in this work. This methodology is …

Evaluation of the Cell Concentration in Suspensions of Human Leukocytes by Ultrasound Imaging: The Influence of Size Dispersion and Cell Type

L Elvira Segura, A Fernández, L León, A Ibáñez… - 2023 - digital.csic.es
This work focuses on the use of ultrasound imaging to evaluate the cell concentration of
dilute leukocyte suspensions in the range of 10–3000 cells/µL. First, numerical simulations …

Digital image processing methods to noninvasively detect low white blood cell levels from capillaroscopy videos

A Pablo Trinidad - 2021 - oa.upm.es
Neutropenia--the lack of neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cell--is one of the
most serious side effects of cancer chemotherapy. Its main negative outcome is an elevated …

Evaluation of cell concentration from ultrasound backscattering signals using envelope statistics analysis

A Fernández, A Ibáñez, M Parrilla, J Jiménez… - … of Meetings on …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Anomalies in the cell concentration of biological tissues or fluids can provide information
about several health problems, as in the case of bacterial meningitis (BM). As a result of …