Molecular and functional imaging in cancer-targeted therapy: current applications and future directions

JW Bai, SQ Qiu, GJ Zhang - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted anticancer drugs block cancer cell growth by interfering with specific signaling
pathways vital to carcinogenesis and tumor growth rather than harming all rapidly dividing …

Imaging methods for ultrasound contrast agents

MA Averkiou, MF Bruce, JE Powers, PS Sheeran… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbubble contrast agents were introduced more than 25 years ago with the objective of
enhancing blood echoes and enabling diagnostic ultrasound to image the microcirculation …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines and good clinical practice recommendations for contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the liver–update 2020–WFUMB in cooperation with …

CF Dietrich, CP Nolsøe, RG Barr… - Ultraschall in der …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
The present, updated document describes the fourth iteration of recommendations for the
hepatic use of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), first initiated in 2004 by the European …

Deep learning in ultrasound imaging

RJG Van Sloun, R Cohen, YC Eldar - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider deep learning strategies in ultrasound systems, from the front end
to advanced applications. Our goal is to provide the reader with a broad understanding of …

Perception consistency ultrasound image super-resolution via self-supervised CycleGAN

H Liu, J Liu, S Hou, T Tao, J Han - Neural Computing and Applications, 2023 - Springer
Due to the limitations of sensors, the transmission medium, and the intrinsic properties of
ultrasound, the quality of ultrasound imaging is always not ideal, especially its low spatial …

Deep unfolded robust PCA with application to clutter suppression in ultrasound

O Solomon, R Cohen, Y Zhang, Y Yang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Contrast enhanced ultrasound is a radiation-free imaging modality which uses encapsulated
gas microbubbles for improved visualization of the vascular bed deep within the tissue. It …

Bursting microbubbles: How nanobubble contrast agents can enable the future of medical ultrasound molecular imaging and image-guided therapy

AA Exner, MC Kolios - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2021 - Elsevier
The field of medical ultrasound has undergone a significant evolution since the development
of microbubbles as contrast agents. However, because of their size, microbubbles remain in …

Potential application of dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound in predicting microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Dong, Y Qiu, D Yang, L Yu, D Zuo… - Clinical …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical value of dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (D-
CEUS) in predicting the microvascular invasion (MVI) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …

SUSHI: Sparsity-based ultrasound super-resolution hemodynamic imaging

A Bar-Zion, O Solomon… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Identifying and visualizing vasculature within organs and tumors has major implications in
managing cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound scans detect …

Fast vascular ultrasound imaging with enhanced spatial resolution and background rejection

A Bar-Zion, C Tremblay-Darveau… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound super-localization microscopy techniques presented in the last few years enable
non-invasive imaging of vascular structures at the capillary level by tracking the flow of …