Production of acoustic radiation force using ultrasound: methods and applications

MW Urban - Expert review of medical devices, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Acoustic radiation force (ARF) is used in many biomedical applications. The
transfer of momentum in acoustic waves can be used in a multitude of ways to perturb tissue …

Attenuation measuring ultrasound shearwave elastography and in vivo application in post-transplant liver patients

IZ Nenadic, B Qiang, MW Urban, H Zhao… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasound and magnetic resonance elastography techniques are used to assess
mechanical properties of soft tissues. Tissue stiffness is related to various pathologies such …

Guidelines for finite-element modeling of acoustic radiation force-induced shear wave propagation in tissue-mimicking media

ML Palmeri, B Qiang, S Chen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound shear wave elastography is emerging as an important imaging modality for
evaluating tissue material properties. In its practice, some systematic biases have been …

Propagation imaging in the demonstration of common shear wave artifacts

TJ Dubinsky, HU Shah, TN Erpelding… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we describe our experience with shear wave propagation imaging (SWPI) as
an adjunct to 2‐dimensional (2D) shear wave elastography (SWE) in a cohort of patients …

[HTML][HTML] Shear wave elastography quantifies stiffness in ex vivo porcine artery with stiffened arterial region

E Widman, E Maksuti, C Amador, MW Urban… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Five small porcine aortas were used as a human carotid artery model, and their stiffness was
estimated using shear wave elastography (SWE) in the arterial wall and a stiffened artery …

The role of shear viscosity as a biomarker for improving chronic kidney disease detection using shear wave elastography: A computational study using a validated …

WTH Lim, EH Ooi, JJ Foo, KH Ng, JHD Wong… - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of ultrasound shear wave elastography for detecting chronic kidney disease,
namely renal fibrosis, has been widely studied. A good correlation between tissue Young's …

Acoustic diffraction–resistant adaptive profile technology (ADAPT) for elasticity imaging

Y Gu, V Kumar, EGSK Dayavansha, S Schoen Jr… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Acoustic beam shaping with high degrees of freedom is critical for applications such as
ultrasound imaging, acoustic manipulation, and stimulation. However, the ability to fully …

Lamb waves and adaptive beamforming for aberration correction in medical ultrasound imaging

M Mozaffarzadeh, C Minonzio… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phase aberration in transcranial ultrasound imaging (TUI) caused by the human skull leads
to an inaccurate image reconstruction. In this article, we present a novel method for …

Altered probe pressure and body position increase diagnostic accuracy for men and women in detecting hepatic steatosis using quantitative ultrasound

M Byenfeldt, J Kihlberg, P Nasr, C Grönlund… - European …, 2024 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic performance of ultrasound guided attenuation
parameter (UGAP) for evaluating liver fat content with different probe forces and body …

Improved sensitivity in ultrasound molecular imaging with coherence-based beamforming

D Hyun, L Abou-Elkacem, VA Perez… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound molecular imaging (USMI) is accomplished by detecting microbubble (MB)
contrast agents that have bound to specific biomarkers, and can be used for a variety of …