Elastography imaging: the 30 year perspective
J Ormachea, KJ Parker - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
From the development of x-ray imaging in the late 19th century, the field of medical imaging
developed an impressive array of modalities. These can measure and image a variety of …
developed an impressive array of modalities. These can measure and image a variety of …
Ultrasound-based carotid elastography for detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques validated by magnetic resonance imaging
C Huang, X Pan, Q He, M Huang, L Huang… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultrasound-based carotid elastography has been developed to estimate the mechanical
properties of atherosclerotic plaques. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vivo …
properties of atherosclerotic plaques. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vivo …
Validation of noninvasive in vivo compound ultrasound strain imaging using histologic plaque vulnerability features
HHG Hansen, GJ de Borst, ML Bots, FL Moll… - Stroke, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Carotid plaque rupture is a major cause of stroke. Key issue for
risk stratification is early identification of rupture-prone plaques. A noninvasive technique …
risk stratification is early identification of rupture-prone plaques. A noninvasive technique …
Ultrasound elastography using multiple images
Displacement estimation is an essential step for ultrasound elastography and numerous
techniques have been proposed to improve its quality using two frames of ultrasound RF …
techniques have been proposed to improve its quality using two frames of ultrasound RF …
Noninvasive vascular elastography with plane strain incompressibility assumption using ultrafast coherent compound plane wave imaging
Plane strain tensor estimation using non-invasive vascular ultrasound elastography (NIVE)
can be difficult to achieve using conventional focus beamforming due to limited lateral …
can be difficult to achieve using conventional focus beamforming due to limited lateral …
Cardiac strain imaging with coherent compounding of diverging waves
Current methods of cardiac strain imaging at high frame rate suffer from motion matching
artifacts or poor lateral resolution. Coherent compounding has been shown to improve …
artifacts or poor lateral resolution. Coherent compounding has been shown to improve …
[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast vascular strain compounding using plane wave transmission
HHG Hansen, A Saris, NR Vaka, MM Nillesen… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Deformations of the atherosclerotic vascular wall induced by the pulsating blood can be
estimated using ultrasound strain imaging. Because these deformations indirectly provide …
estimated using ultrasound strain imaging. Because these deformations indirectly provide …
Classification of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with and without cognitive decline using non-invasive carotid plaque strain indices as biomarkers
Vascular cognitive decline may be caused by micro-emboli generated by carotid plaque
instability. We previously found that maximum strain indices in carotid plaque were …
instability. We previously found that maximum strain indices in carotid plaque were …
Principal strain vascular elastography: simulation and preliminary clinical evaluation
It is difficult to produce reliable polar strain elastograms (radial and circumferential) because
the center of the carotid artery is typically unknown. Principal strain imaging can overcome …
the center of the carotid artery is typically unknown. Principal strain imaging can overcome …
Adaptive background noise bias suppression in contrast-free ultrasound microvascular imaging
Non-invasive, contrast-free imaging of small vessel blood flow is diagnostically invaluable
for detection, diagnosis and monitoring of disease. Recent advances in ultrafast imaging …
for detection, diagnosis and monitoring of disease. Recent advances in ultrafast imaging …