Quantitative evaluation of an automated cone-based breast ultrasound scanner for MRI–3D US image fusion

AV Nikolaev, L De Jong, G Weijers… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Breast cancer is one of the most diagnosed types of cancer worldwide. Volumetric
ultrasound breast imaging, combined with MRI can improve lesion detection rate, reduce …

Ultrasound transmission tomography image reconstruction with a fully convolutional neural network

W Zhao, H Wang, H Gemmeke… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Image reconstruction of ultrasound computed tomography based on the wave equation is
able to show much more structural details than simpler ray-based image reconstruction …

An ultrasound tomography system with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) moldings for coupling: In vivo results for 3-D pulse-echo imaging of the female breast

A Koch, F Stiller, R Lerch… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Full-angle spatial compounding (FASC) is a concept for pulse-echo imaging using an
ultrasound tomography (UST) system. With FASC, resolution is increased and speckles are …

Breast imaging with 3D ultrasound computer tomography: results of a first in-vivo study in comparison to MRI images

T Hopp, L Šroba, M Zapf, R Dapp, E Kretzek… - Breast Imaging: 12th …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Ultrasound Computer Tomography (USCT) is a promising modality for breast
imaging. We developed and tested the first full 3D USCT system aimed at in-vivo imaging. It …

Segmentation of 3D ultrasound computer tomography reflection images using edge detection and surface fitting

T Hopp, M Zapf, NV Ruiter - Medical Imaging 2014: Ultrasonic …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An essential processing step for comparison of Ultrasound Computer Tomography images
to other modalities, as well as for the use in further image processing, is to segment the …

Simulation-to-real generalization for deep-learning-based refraction-corrected ultrasound tomography image reconstruction

W Zhao, Y Fan, H Wang, H Gemmeke… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The image reconstruction of ultrasound computed tomography is computationally
expensive with conventional iterative methods. The fully learned direct deep learning …

Zone-shrinking Fresnel zone travel-time tomography for sound speed reconstruction in breast USCT

X Fang, Y Wu, J Song, H Yin, L Zhou, Q Zhang, Z Quan… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many studies have been carried out on ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) for its
potential application in breast imaging. The sound speed (SS) image modality in USCT can …

Ultrasound computed tomography imaging technique advances in HUST

M Ding, L Zhou, Q Zhang, Z Liu, J Song… - Medical Imaging …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Ultrasound computed tomography (UCT) is a new revolution imaging technique in clinic,
which was first proposed by Greenleaf from Mayo Clinic in 1980's, and become active in …

A new 3D-tomographic ultrasound imaging concept for breast cancer and rheumatoid arthritis diagnostics avoiding water bath techniques

A Koch, M Genser, F Stiller, R Lerch… - 2013 IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Superposition of pulse-echo data (FASC: Full Angle Spatial Compounding) acquired from
360° around an object in a water bath as imaging concept for an Ultrasound Computed …

An innovative practical automatic segmentation of ultrasound computer tomography images acquired from USCT system

A Tashk, T Hopp, NV Ruiter - Iranian Journal of Science and Technology …, 2019 - Springer
A 3D ultrasound computer tomography (USCT) device with a nearly isotropic and spatially
invariant 3D point spread function has been constructed at Institute for Data Processing and …