Unveiling the potential of ultrasound in brain imaging: Innovations, challenges, and prospects

J Ren, J Li, S Chen, Y Liu, D Ta - Ultrasonics, 2024 - Elsevier
Within medical imaging, ultrasound serves as a crucial tool, particularly in the realms of
brain imaging and disease diagnosis. It offers superior safety, speed, and wider applicability …

Ultrasonic methods for brain imaging: techniques and implications

Y Zheng, Y Yang, Q Zhang, D Jiang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Brain imaging technology is widely used in the diagnosis of brain diseases. Computed
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are the most common imaging modalities …

Effectiveness of synthetic aperture focusing and coherence factor weighting for intravascular ultrasound imaging

S Kang, J Lee, JH Chang - Ultrasonics, 2021 - Elsevier
Synthetic aperture focusing (SAF) and coherence factor weighting (CFW) have been used to
improve the lateral resolution of ultrasound images. Although the two methods are effective …

A robotically steerable guidewire with forward-viewing ultrasound: Development of technology for minimally-invasive imaging

GC Collins, A Sarma, ZL Bercu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The current standard of care for peripheral chronic total occlusions involves the
manual routing of a guidewire under fluoroscopy. Despite significant improvements in recent …

2D array imaging system for mechanically-steered, forward-viewing ultrasound guidewire

A Olomodosi, SS Rojas, P Vu, BD Lindsey - Ultrasonics, 2024 - Elsevier
Approximately 4 million people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) present with critical
limb ischemia each year, requiring urgent revascularization to avoid loss of limb. Minimally …

Dual-resonance (16/32 MHz) piezoelectric transducer with a single electrical connection for forward-viewing robotic guidewire

GC Collins, TA Brumfiel, ZL Bercu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects more than 200 million people globally. Minimally
invasive endovascular procedures can provide relief and salvage limbs while reducing …

A 9-Fr Endovascular Therapy Transducer with an Acoustic Metamaterial Lens for Rapid Stroke Thrombectomy

PT Vu, SS Rojas, CC Ott… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, in which major cerebral arteries such as the internal
carotid and middle cerebral arteries supplying the brain are occluded, is the most …

Supervised segmentation for guiding peripheral revascularization with forward‐viewing, robotically steered ultrasound guidewire

GC Collins, S Strassle Rojas, ZL Bercu… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Approximately 500 000 patients present with critical limb ischemia (CLI) each
year in the US, requiring revascularization to avoid amputation. While peripheral arteries …

Improving axial resolution of medical ultrasound images by using noise-robust broadband filter based on singular value decomposition

K Kawamata, S Mori, M Arakawa… - Japanese Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Improving spatial resolution is a crucial issue in medical ultrasound. One of the improving
methods is the post-processing of the received ultrasound RF signal. In the present paper …

Laser-micromachined, dual-resonant (17/33 MHz) ultrasound transducer with single electrical connection for forward-viewing guidance of a submm, robotically …

G Collins, T Brumfiel, ZL Bercu… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
More than 200 million people have peripheral artery disease globally. Minimally-invasive
revascularization procedures can relieve pain, improve mobility, and salvage limbs. To …