Review of quantitative ultrasound: Envelope statistics and backscatter coefficient imaging and contributions to diagnostic ultrasound
Conventional medical imaging technologies, including ultrasound, have continued to
improve over the years. For example, in oncology, medical imaging is characterized by high …
improve over the years. For example, in oncology, medical imaging is characterized by high …
Skeletal Muscle assessment using quantitative ultrasound: A narrative review
Ultrasound (US) is an important imaging tool for skeletal muscle analysis. The advantages of
US include point-of-care access, real-time imaging, cost-effectiveness, and absence of …
US include point-of-care access, real-time imaging, cost-effectiveness, and absence of …
Assessment of hepatic steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by using quantitative US
A Han, YN Zhang, AS Boehringer, V Montes, MP Andre… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Advanced confounder-corrected chemical shift–encoded MRI-derived proton
density fat fraction (PDFF) is a leading parameter for fat fraction quantification in …
density fat fraction (PDFF) is a leading parameter for fat fraction quantification in …
Three-dimensional high-frequency backscatter and envelope quantification of cancerous human lymph nodes
Quantitative imaging methods using high-frequency ultrasound (HFU) offer a means of
characterizing biological tissue at the microscopic level. Previously, high-frequency, 3-D …
characterizing biological tissue at the microscopic level. Previously, high-frequency, 3-D …
Ex vivo study of quantitative ultrasound parameters in fatty rabbit livers
G Ghoshal, RJ Lavarello, JP Kemmerer… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2012 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects more than 30% of Americans, and with
increasing problems of obesity in the United States, NAFLD is poised to become an even …
increasing problems of obesity in the United States, NAFLD is poised to become an even …
Parallelized ultrasound homodyned-K imaging based on a generalized artificial neural network estimator
The homodyned-K (HK) distribution model is a generalized backscatter envelope statistical
model for ultrasound tissue characterization, whose parameters are of physical meaning. To …
model for ultrasound tissue characterization, whose parameters are of physical meaning. To …
Parameter estimation of the homodyned K distribution based on an artificial neural network for ultrasound tissue characterization
The homodyned K (HK) distribution allows a general description of ultrasound backscatter
envelope statistics with specific physical meanings. In this study, we proposed a new …
envelope statistics with specific physical meanings. In this study, we proposed a new …
Estimation method of the homodyned K-distribution based on the mean intensity and two log-moments
The homodyned K-distribution appears naturally in the context of random walks and
provides a useful model for the distribution of the received intensity in a wide range of non …
provides a useful model for the distribution of the received intensity in a wide range of non …
Hepatic steatosis assessment with ultrasound small-window entropy imaging
Z Zhou, DI Tai, YL Wan, JH Tseng, YR Lin, S Wu… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a type of hepatic steatosis that is not only associated with
critical metabolic risk factors but can also result in advanced liver diseases. Ultrasound …
critical metabolic risk factors but can also result in advanced liver diseases. Ultrasound …
A simulation study on photoacoustic signals from red blood cells
A two dimensional simulation study was performed to investigate the photoacoustic signal
properties of non-aggregated and aggregated erythrocytes. Spatial distributions of non …
properties of non-aggregated and aggregated erythrocytes. Spatial distributions of non …