Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death and is in the majority of cases
due to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in arteries. Initially, thickening of the inner …

Image reconstruction from radio-frequency (RF) data is crucial for ultrafast plane wave
ultrasound (PWUS) imaging. Compared with the traditional delay-and-sum (DAS) method …

Ultrasound elasticity imaging has been developed over the last decade to estimate tissue
stiffness. Shear wave elasticity imaging (SWEI) quantifies tissue stiffness by measuring the …

Ultrasound-based carotid elastography has been developed to estimate the mechanical
properties of atherosclerotic plaques. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vivo …

Cardiac muscle stiffness can potentially be estimated non-invasively with shear wave
elastography. Shear waves are present on the septal wall after mitral and aortic valve …

Background and Purpose—Carotid plaque rupture is a major cause of stroke. Key issue for
risk stratification is early identification of rupture-prone plaques. A noninvasive technique …

The lytic recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is the only drug approved by the
Food and Drug Administration for treating ischemic stroke. Less than 40% of patients with …

In biological tissue, an increase in elasticity is often a marker of abnormalities. Techniques
such as quasi-static ultrasound elastography have been developed to assess the strain …

Plane strain tensor estimation using non-invasive vascular ultrasound elastography (NIVE)
can be difficult to achieve using conventional focus beamforming due to limited lateral …

Advancements in diagnostic ultrasound have allowed for a rapid expansion of the quantity
and quality of non-invasive information that clinical researchers can acquire from …