Ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging of breast cancer: clinical systems, challenges, and future outlook

K Kratkiewicz, A Pattyn, N Alijabbari… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Presently, breast cancer diagnostic methods are dominated by mammography. Although
drawbacks of mammography are present including ionizing radiation and patient discomfort …

Full wave 3D inverse scattering transmission ultrasound tomography in the presence of high contrast

J Wiskin, B Malik, D Borup, N Pirshafiey, J Klock - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
We present here a quantitative ultrasound tomographic method yielding a sub-mm
resolution, quantitative 3D representation of tissue characteristics in the presence of high …

Recent technological advancements in thermometry

D Kokuryo, E Kumamoto, K Kuroda - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermometry is the key factor for achieving successful thermal therapy. Although invasive
thermometry with a probe has been used for more than four decades, this method can only …

High resolution 3D ultrasonic breast imaging by time-domain full waveform inversion

F Lucka, M Pérez-Liva, BE Treeby, BT Cox - Inverse Problems, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasound tomography (UST) scanners allow quantitative images of the human breast's
acoustic properties to be derived with potential applications in screening, diagnosis and …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-body imaging using low frequency transmission ultrasound

J Wiskin, B Malik, C Ruoff, N Pirshafiey, M Lenox… - Academic radiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives To indicate that 3D low-frequency ultrasound tomography with 3D
data acquisition (volography) is a safe, low-cost, high-resolution, whole-body meso-scale …

Speed-of-sound imaging using diverging waves

R Rau, D Schweizer, V Vishnevskiy… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose. Due to its safe, low-cost, portable, and real-time nature, ultrasound is a prominent
imaging method in computer-assisted interventions. However, typical B-mode ultrasound …

Roadmap on signal processing for next generation measurement systems

DK Iakovidis, M Ooi, YC Kuang… - Measurement …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Signal processing is a fundamental component of almost any sensor-enabled system, with a
wide range of applications across different scientific disciplines. Time series data, images …

Quantitative assessment of breast density using transmission ultrasound tomography

J Wiskin, B Malik, R Natesan, M Lenox - Medical physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Breast density is important in the evaluation of breast cancer risk. At present, breast
density is evaluated using two‐dimensional projections from mammography with or without …

Deep learning for ultrasound speed-of-sound reconstruction: Impacts of training data diversity on stability and robustness

FK Jush, M Biele, PM Dueppenbecker… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Ultrasound b-mode imaging is a qualitative approach and diagnostic quality strongly
depends on operators' training and experience. Quantitative approaches can provide …

A forward model incorporating elevation-focused transducer properties for 3D full-waveform inversion in ultrasound computed tomography

F Li, U Villa, N Duric… - IEEE transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) is an emerging medical imaging modality that
holds great promise for improving human health. Full-waveform inversion (FWI)-based …