Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and microcirculation: efficiency through dynamics–current developments

DA Clevert, M D'Anastasi… - Clinical hemorheology …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Ultrasound is often the first imaging modality used in the diagnosis of abdominal vascular as
well as parenchymal organ pathologies. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) enables the …

Ultrasound registration: A review

C Che, TS Mathai, J Galeotti - Methods, 2017 - Elsevier
This article is a review of registration algorithms for use between ultrasound images
(monomodal image-based ultrasound registration). Ultrasound is safe, inexpensive, and real …

Real-time image-based rigid registration of three-dimensional ultrasound

RJ Schneider, DP Perrin, NV Vasilyev, GR Marx… - Medical image …, 2012 - Elsevier
Registration of three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) volumes is necessary in several
applications, such as when stitching volumes to expand the field of view or when stabilizing …

A fourth-order variational image registration model and its fast multigrid algorithm

N Chumchob, K Chen, C Brito-Loeza - Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 2011 - SIAM
Several partial differential equations (PDEs) based variational methods can be used for
deformable image registration, mainly differing in how regularization for deformation fields is …

B-Mode Ultrasound Image Simulation in Deformable 3-D Medium

O Goksel, SE Salcudean - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an algorithm for fast image synthesis inside deformed volumes. Given
the node displacements of a mesh and a reference 3-D image dataset of a predeformed …

Multimodality imaging using ultrasound image fusion in renal lesions

A Helck, M D'Anastasi… - Clinical …, 2012 - content.iospress.com
Objectives: To assess the benefit of ultrasound (US) image fusion in the identifiability and
assessment of the dignity of renal lesions. Materials and methods: 25 patients with 29 renal …

Improving the follow up after EVAR by using ultrasound image fusion of CEUS and MS-CT

DA Clevert, A Helck, M D'Anastasi… - Clinical …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
Purpose: To evaluate whether the image fusion with contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)
and CT affects the diagnosis of endoleaks in unclear cases. Methods and materials: 35 …

Image fusion in the management of thermal tumor ablation of the liver

DA Clevert, PM Paprottka, A Helck… - Clinical …, 2012 - content.iospress.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether image fusion with contrast
enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and CT is effective in the pre-, intra-and post-interventional …

Non-rigid ultrasound image registration based on intensity and local phase information

J Woo, BW Hong, CH Hu, KK Shung, CCJ Kuo… - Journal of Signal …, 2009 - Springer
A non-rigid ultrasound image registration method is proposed in this work using the intensity
as well as the local phase information under a variational framework. One application of this …

Conformable transducers for large-volume, operator-independent imaging

CMW Daft - 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While ultrasound's cost, safety and interesting contrast mechanisms are of great clinical
value, its operator-dependence, extensive sonographer training needs, uncompetitive scan …