Ultrasound (US) imaging for medical purposes has been increasing in popularity over the
years. The US technology has some valuable strengths, such as it is harmless, very cheap …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, characterized by excessive accumulation of fat in the liver,
is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. The current standard for the detection …

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 …

Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is the standard of care for patients with
locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). The study was conducted to investigate the utility of …

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 …

Purpose Statistical modeling of an ultrasound backscattered echo envelope is used for
tissue characterization. However, in the presence of complex structures within the analyzed …

Quantitative ultrasound is a cutting-edge ultrasound technology which can measure
quantified information related to tissue or material microstructures from ultrasound …

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 …

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 …

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) methods characterizing the backscattered echo signal have
been of use in assessing tissue microstructure. High-frequency (30 MHz) QUS methods …