Review of quantitative ultrasound: Envelope statistics and backscatter coefficient imaging and contributions to diagnostic ultrasound

ML Oelze, J Mamou - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional medical imaging technologies, including ultrasound, have continued to
improve over the years. For example, in oncology, medical imaging is characterized by high …

Thermometry and ablation monitoring with ultrasound

MA Lewis, RM Staruch, R Chopra - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In this review we present the current status of ultrasound thermometry and ablation
monitoring, with emphasis on the diverse approaches published in the literature and with an …

Deep reinforcement learning for automated radiation adaptation in lung cancer

HH Tseng, Y Luo, S Cui, JT Chien… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based on historical treatment
plans for developing automated radiation adaptation protocols for nonsmall cell lung cancer …

Deep learning of quantitative ultrasound multi-parametric images at pre-treatment to predict breast cancer response to chemotherapy

H Taleghamar, SA Jalalifar, GJ Czarnota… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
In this study, a novel deep learning-based methodology was investigated to predict breast
cancer response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) using the quantitative ultrasound …

Predicting the outcome of radiotherapy in brain metastasis by integrating the clinical and MRI‐based deep learning features

SA Jalalifar, H Soliman, A Sahgal… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background A considerable proportion of metastatic brain tumors progress locally despite
stereotactic radiation treatment, and it can take months before such local progression is …

Non-invasive evaluation of breast cancer response to chemotherapy using quantitative ultrasonic backscatter parameters

L Sannachi, H Tadayyon, A Sadeghi-Naini, W Tran… - Medical image …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients (n= 30) with locally advanced
breast cancer (LABC) was examined using quantitative ultrasound. Three ultrasound …

Quantitative MRI biomarkers of stereotactic radiotherapy outcome in brain metastasis

E Karami, H Soliman, M Ruschin, A Sahgal… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract About 20–40% of cancer patients develop brain metastases, causing significant
morbidity and mortality. Stereotactic radiation treatment is an established option that delivers …

Three-dimensional H-scan ultrasound imaging of early breast cancer response to neoadjuvant therapy in a murine model

H Tai, J Song, J Li, S Reddy, M Khairalseed… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Three-dimensional (3D) H-scan is a new ultrasound (US) technique that images
the relative size of acoustic scatterers. The goal of this research was to evaluate use of 3D H …

Chemotherapy-response monitoring of breast cancer patients using quantitative ultrasound-based intra-tumour heterogeneities

A Sadeghi-Naini, L Sannachi, H Tadayyon, WT Tran… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Anti-cancer therapies including chemotherapy aim to induce tumour cell death. Cell death
introduces alterations in cell morphology and tissue micro-structures that cause measurable …

Breast-lesion characterization using textural features of quantitative ultrasound parametric maps

A Sadeghi-Naini, H Suraweera, WT Tran, F Hadizad… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
This study evaluated, for the first time, the efficacy of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) spectral
parametric maps in conjunction with texture-analysis techniques to differentiate non …