US attenuation for liver fat quantification: an AIUM-RSNA QIBA pulse-echo quantitative ultrasound initiative
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease
worldwide, with an estimated prevalence of up to 30% in the general population and higher …
worldwide, with an estimated prevalence of up to 30% in the general population and higher …
Cardiac tissue-mimicking ballistic gel phantom for ultrasound imaging in clinical and research applications
Ballistic gel was investigated as a tissue-mimicking material in an anthropomorphic cardiac
phantom for ultrasound imaging. The gel was tested for its acoustic properties and its …
phantom for ultrasound imaging. The gel was tested for its acoustic properties and its …
Investigation of the effect of the skull in transcranial photoacoustic imaging: a preliminary ex vivo study
Although transcranial photoacoustic imaging (TCPAI) has been used in small animal brain
imaging, in animals with thicker skull bones or in humans both light illumination and …
imaging, in animals with thicker skull bones or in humans both light illumination and …
Skull acoustic aberration correction in photoacoustic microscopy using a vector space similarity model: a proof-of-concept simulation study
Skull bone represents a highly acoustical impedance mismatch and a dispersive barrier for
the propagation of acoustic waves. Skull distorts the amplitude and phase information of the …
the propagation of acoustic waves. Skull distorts the amplitude and phase information of the …
Low variance estimation of backscatter quantitative ultrasound parameters using dynamic programming
Z Vajihi, IM Rosado-Mendez, TJ Hall… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the main limitations of ultrasound imaging is that image quality and interpretation
depend on the skill of the user and the experience of the clinician. Quantitative ultrasound …
depend on the skill of the user and the experience of the clinician. Quantitative ultrasound …
Skull's photoacoustic attenuation and dispersion modeling with deterministic ray-tracing: Towards real-time aberration correction
Although transcranial photoacoustic imaging has been previously investigated by several
groups, there are many unknowns about the distorting effects of the skull due to the …
groups, there are many unknowns about the distorting effects of the skull due to the …
[HTML][HTML] Quantitative ultrasound assessment of breast tumor response to chemotherapy using a multi-parameter approach
Purpose This study demonstrated the ability of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters in
providing an early prediction of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in …
providing an early prediction of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in …
Regularized ultrasound phantom-free local attenuation coefficient slope (ACS) imaging in homogeneous and heterogeneous tissues
Attenuation maps or measurements based on the local attenuation coefficient slope (ACS) in
quantitative ultrasound (QUS) have shown potential for the diagnosis of liver steatosis. In …
quantitative ultrasound (QUS) have shown potential for the diagnosis of liver steatosis. In …
Analysis of coherent and diffuse scattering using a reference phantom
IM Rosado-Mendez, LC Drehfal… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The estimation of many spectral-based quantitative ultrasound parameters assumes that
backscattered echo signals are from a stationary, incoherent scattering process. The …
backscattered echo signals are from a stationary, incoherent scattering process. The …
Skull's acoustic attenuation and dispersion modeling on photoacoustic signal
Despite the promising results of the recent novel transcranial photoacoustic (PA) brain
imaging technology, it has been demonstrated that the presence of the skull severely affects …
imaging technology, it has been demonstrated that the presence of the skull severely affects …