[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound contrast imaging: Fundamentals and emerging technology

H Yusefi, B Helfield - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The development of microbubble contrast agents has broadened the scope of medical
ultrasound imaging. Along with dedicated imaging techniques, these agents provide …

[HTML][HTML] Functional ultrasound localization microscopy reveals brain-wide neurovascular activity on a microscopic scale

N Renaudin, C Demené, A Dizeux, N Ialy-Radio… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The advent of neuroimaging has increased our understanding of brain function. While most
brain-wide functional imaging modalities exploit neurovascular coupling to map brain …

Microbubbles for human diagnosis and therapy

L Fournier, T de La Taille, C Chauvierre - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbubbles (MBs) were observed for the first time in vivo as a curious consequence of
quick saline injection during ultrasound (US) imaging of the aortic root, more than 50 years …

3D transcranial ultrasound localization microscopy in the rat brain with a multiplexed matrix probe

A Chavignon, B Heiles, V Hingot… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) provides images of the
microcirculation in-depth in living tissue. However, its implementation in two-dimension is …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive transcranial volumetric ultrasound localization microscopy of the rat brain with continuous, high volume-rate acquisition

JR McCall, F Santibanez, H Belgharbi, GF Pinton… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Structure and function of the microvasculature provides critical information about
disease state, can be used to identify local regions of pathology, and has been shown to be …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid photoacoustic and fast super-resolution ultrasound imaging

S Zhao, J Hartanto, R Joseph, CH Wu, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The combination of photoacoustic (PA) imaging and ultrasound localization microscopy
(ULM) with microbubbles has great potential in various fields such as oncology …

[HTML][HTML] 3D transcranial ultrasound localization microscopy for discrimination between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in early phase

A Chavignon, V Hingot, C Orset, D Vivien… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Early diagnosis is a critical part of the emergency care of cerebral hemorrhages and
ischemia. A rapid and accurate diagnosis of strokes reduces the delays to appropriate …

Deep learning-based microbubble localization for ultrasound localization microscopy

X Chen, MR Lowerison, Z Dong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) is an emerging vascular imaging technique that
overcomes the resolution-penetration compromise of ultrasound imaging. Accurate and …

Improved ultrafast power Doppler imaging by using spatiotemporal non-local means filtering

L Huang, J Zhang, X Wei, L Jing, Q He… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The change of microvasculature is associated with the occurrence and development of
many diseases. Ultrafast power Doppler imaging (uPDI) is an emerging technology for the …

[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 …