This paper presents a method for optimizing parameters affecting the image quality in plane
wave imaging. More specifically, the number of emissions and steering angles is optimized …

Simulation and experimental results from 3-D vector flow estimations for a 62+ 62 2-D row-
column (RC) array with integrated apodization are presented. A method for implementing a …

This study evaluates the volumetric imaging performance of two prototyped 62+ 62 row-
column-addressed (RCA) 2-D array transducer probes using three synthetic aperture …

Current clinical ultrasound (US) systems are limited to show blood flow movement in either 1-
D or 2-D. In this paper, a method for estimating 3-D vector velocities in a plane using the …

The physical properties of each transducer element play a vital role in the quality of images
generated in optoacoustic (photoacoustic) tomography using transducer arrays. Thorough …

Several techniques can estimate the 2-D velocity vector in ultrasound. Directional
beamforming (DB) estimates blood flow velocities with a higher precision and accuracy than …

Minimum Variance (MV) beamforming is known to improve the lateral resolution of
ultrasound images and enhance the separation of isolated point scatterers. This paper aims …

Tissue harmonic imaging has been widely used in abdominal imaging because of its
significant reduction in acoustic noise compared with fundamental imaging. However, tissue …

This paper presents a novel approach for estimating 2-D flow angles using a high-frame-rate
ultrasound method. The angle estimator features high accuracy and low standard deviation …

Speckle tracking using optimum comparison frames (STO) is proposed to improve the blood
flow velocity profile (BFVP) estimation based on ultrafast ultrasound with coherent plane …