Tracking the displacement between the pre-and post-deformed radio-frequency (RF) frames
is a pivotal step of ultrasound elastography, which depicts tissue mechanical properties to …

This paper introduces a novel technique to estimate tissue displacement in quasi-static
elastography. A major challenge in elastography is estimation of displacement (also referred …

Ultrasound elastography is a non-invasive medical imaging technique that maps
viscoelastic properties to characterize tissues and diseases. Elastography can be divided …

Energy-based ultrasound elastography techniques minimize a regularized cost function
consisting of data and continuity terms to obtain local displacement estimates based on the …

Background Ultrasound strain imaging, which delineates mechanical properties to detect
tissue abnormalities, involves estimating the time delay between two radio‐frequency (RF) …

Ultrasound elastography (USE) is an emerging noninvasive imaging technique in which
pathological alterations can be visualized by revealing the mechanical properties of the …

Lateral motion estimation has been a challenge in ultrasound elastography mainly due to
the low resolution, low sampling frequency, and lack of phase information in the lateral …

Ultrasound-based carotid elastography has been developed to evaluate the vulnerability of
carotid atherosclerotic plaques. The aim of this study was to investigate the in vivo …

Ultrasound elastography aims to determine the mechanical properties of the tissue by
monitoring tissue deformation due to internal or external forces. Tissue deformations are …

Hepatocellular carcinoma and liver metastases are common hepatic malignancies
presenting with high mortality rates. Minimally invasive microwave ablation (MWA) yields …