Quantitative ultrasound imaging of soft biological tissues: a primer for radiologists and medical physicists
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims at quantifying interactions between ultrasound and
biological tissues. QUS techniques extract fundamental physical properties of tissues based …
biological tissues. QUS techniques extract fundamental physical properties of tissues based …
Homodyned K-distribution parameter estimation in quantitative ultrasound: autoencoder and bayesian neural network approaches
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) analyzes the ultrasound (US) backscattered data to find the
properties of scatterers that correlate with the tissue microstructure. Statistics of the envelope …
properties of scatterers that correlate with the tissue microstructure. Statistics of the envelope …
Analytic global regularized backscatter quantitative ultrasound
Although a variety of techniques have been developed to reduce the appearance of B-mode
speckle, quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims at extracting the hidden properties of the tissue …
speckle, quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims at extracting the hidden properties of the tissue …
Simultaneous imaging of ultrasonic relative backscatter and attenuation coefficients for quantitative liver steatosis assessment
Prevalence of liver disease is continuously increasing and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) is the most common etiology. We present an approach to detect the progression of …
(NAFLD) is the most common etiology. We present an approach to detect the progression of …
High-resolution ultrasound characterization of local scattering in cancer tissue
M Khairalseed, K Hoyt - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrasound (US) has afforded an approach to tissue characterization for more than a
decade. The challenge is to reveal hidden patterns in the US data that describe tissue …
decade. The challenge is to reveal hidden patterns in the US data that describe tissue …
Robust scatterer number density segmentation of ultrasound images
AKZ Tehrani, IM Rosado-Mendez… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims to reveal information about the tissue microstructure
using backscattered echo signals from clinical scanners. Among different QUS parameters …
using backscattered echo signals from clinical scanners. Among different QUS parameters …
Ultrasound scatterer density classification using convolutional neural networks and patch statistics
AKZ Tehrani, M Amiri… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) can reveal crucial information on tissue properties, such as
scatterer density. If the scatterer density per resolution cell is above or below 10, the tissue is …
scatterer density. If the scatterer density per resolution cell is above or below 10, the tissue is …
Explainable AI and susceptibility to adversarial attacks: a case study in classification of breast ultrasound images
Ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging modality that can be conveniently used to classify
suspicious breast nodules and potentially detect the onset of breast cancer. Recently …
suspicious breast nodules and potentially detect the onset of breast cancer. Recently …
Spectral ultrasound imaging of speed-of-sound and attenuation using an acoustic mirror
Speed-of-sound and attenuation of ultrasound waves vary in the tissues. There exist
methods in the literature that allow for spatially reconstructing the distribution of group speed …
methods in the literature that allow for spatially reconstructing the distribution of group speed …
System-independent ultrasound attenuation coefficient estimation using spectra normalization
Ultrasound attenuation coefficient estimation (ACE) has diagnostic potential for clinical
applications such as differentiating tumors and quantifying fat content in the liver. The two …
applications such as differentiating tumors and quantifying fat content in the liver. The two …