Application of ultrasound for muscle assessment in sarcopenia: towards standardized measurements

S Perkisas, S Baudry, J Bauer, D Beckwée… - European geriatric …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Measurement of muscle mass is paramount in the screening and diagnosis of
sarcopenia. Besides muscle quantity however, also quality assessment is important …

Automated localization and segmentation techniques for B-mode ultrasound images: A review

KM Meiburger, UR Acharya, F Molinari - Computers in biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

Automated diagnosis of myositis from muscle ultrasound: Exploring the use of machine learning and deep learning methods

P Burlina, S Billings, N Joshi, J Albayda - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective To evaluate the use of ultrasound coupled with machine learning (ML) and deep
learning (DL) techniques for automated or semi-automated classification of myositis …

Deep learning segmentation of transverse musculoskeletal ultrasound images for neuromuscular disease assessment

F Marzola, N Van Alfen, J Doorduin… - Computers in Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasound imaging is a patient-friendly and robust technique for studying physiological and
pathological muscles. An automatic deep learning (DL) system for the analysis of ultrasound …

Simple Muscle Architecture Analysis (SMA): An ImageJ macro tool to automate measurements in B-mode ultrasound scans

OR Seynnes, NJ Cronin - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In vivo measurements of muscle architecture (ie the spatial arrangement of muscle fascicles)
are routinely included in research and clinical settings to monitor muscle structure, function …

[HTML][HTML] Using deep learning to generate synthetic B-mode musculoskeletal ultrasound images

NJ Cronin, T Finni, O Seynnes - Computer methods and programs in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and objective Deep learning approaches are common in image processing, but
often rely on supervised learning, which requires a large volume of training images, usually …

Lower limb motion estimation using ultrasound imaging: A framework for assistive device control

MH Jahanandish, NP Fey, K Hoyt - IEEE journal of biomedical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Powered assistive devices need improved control intuitiveness to enhance their
clinical adoption. Therefore, the intent of individuals should be identified and the device …

Automatic extraction of muscle parameters with attention UNet in ultrasonography

S Katakis, N Barotsis, A Kakotaritis, G Economou… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Automatically delineating the deep and superficial aponeurosis of the skeletal muscles from
ultrasound images is important in many aspects of the clinical routine. In particular, finding …

Muscle cross-sectional area segmentation in transverse ultrasound images using vision transformers

S Katakis, N Barotsis, A Kakotaritis, P Tsiganos… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Automatically measuring a muscle's cross-sectional area is an important application in
clinical practice that has been studied extensively in recent years for its ability to assess …

Electrical impedance methods in neuromuscular assessment: an overview

SB Rutkove, B Sanchez - Cold Spring …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Electrical impedance methods have been used as evaluation tools in biological and medical
science for well over 100 years. However, only recently have these techniques been applied …