Super-resolution ultrasound imaging can quantify alterations in microbubble velocities in the renal vasculature of rats

SB Andersen, I Taghavi, SB Søgaard, CAV Hoyos… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Super-resolution ultrasound imaging, based on the localization and tracking of single
intravascular microbubbles, makes it possible to map vessels below 100 µm. Microbubble …

Super-resolution imaging with ultrasound for visualization of the renal microvasculature in rats before and after renal ischemia: A pilot study

SB Andersen, I Taghavi, CAV Hoyos, SB Søgaard… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
In vivo monitoring of the microvasculature is relevant since diseases such as diabetes,
ischemia, or cancer cause microvascular impairment. Super-resolution ultrasound imaging …

Super-resolution ultrasound imaging provides quantification of the renal cortical and medullary vasculature in obese zucker rats: a pilot study

SB Søgaard, SB Andersen, I Taghavi, CAV Hoyos… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a risk factor of chronic kidney disease (CKD), leading to alterations in the renal
vascular structure. This study tested if renal vascular density and tortuosity was quantifiable …

Super-resolution contrast-enhanced ultrasound methodology for the identification of in vivo vascular dynamics in 2D

E Kanoulas, M Butler, C Rowley… - Investigative …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to provide an ultrasound-based super-resolution
methodology that can be implemented using clinical 2-dimensional ultrasound equipment …

Ultrasound localization microscopy to image and assess microvasculature in a rat kidney

J Foiret, H Zhang, T Ilovitsh, L Mahakian, S Tam… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The recent development of ultrasound localization microscopy, where individual
microbubbles (contrast agents) are detected and tracked within the vasculature, provides …

Super-resolution ultrasound imaging

K Christensen-Jeffries, O Couture, PA Dayton… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
The majority of exchanges of oxygen and nutrients are performed around vessels smaller
than 100 μm, allowing cells to thrive everywhere in the body. Pathologies such as cancer …

Quantitative sub-resolution blood velocity estimation using ultrasound localization microscopy ex-vivo and in-vivo

D Espíndola, RM DeRuiter, F Santibanez… - Biomedical Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Super-resolution ultrasound imaging relies on the sub-wavelength localization of
microbubble contrast agents. By tracking individual microbubbles, the velocity and flow …

Super-resolution ultrasound imaging of rat kidneys before and after ischemia-reperfusion

SB Andersen, CAV Hoyos, I Taghavi… - 2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In vivo visualization of the microvasculature is feasible with super-resolution ultrasound
imaging (SRI), but the method needs more affirmative data before clinical use. The kidneys …

[HTML][HTML] Super-resolution ultrasound microvascular imaging: Is it ready for clinical use?

P Song, JM Rubin, MR Lowerison - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2023 - Elsevier
The field of super-resolution ultrasound microvascular imaging has been rapidly growing
over the past decade. By leveraging contrast microbubbles as point targets for localization …

Assessment of a new mathematical model for the computation of numerical parameters related to renal cortical blood flow and fractional blood volume by contrast …

E Quaia, A Nocentini, L Torelli - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2009 - Elsevier
We analyzed the value of a new mathematical model for the quantification of renal cortical
blood flow and fractional blood volume by contrast-enhanced ultrasound after the injection …