Local pulse wave velocity: theory, methods, advancements, and clinical applications

PM Nabeel, VR Kiran, J Joseph… - IEEE Reviews in …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Local pulse wave velocity (PWV) is evolving as one of the important determinants of arterial
hemodynamics, localized vessel stiffening associated with several pathologies, and a host …

Stretchable ultrasonic transducer arrays for three-dimensional imaging on complex surfaces

H Hu, X Zhu, C Wang, L Zhang, X Li, S Lee… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Ultrasonic imaging has been implemented as a powerful tool for noninvasive subsurface
inspections of both structural and biological media. Current ultrasound probes are rigid and …

Double-stage delay multiply and sum beamforming algorithm: Application to linear-array photoacoustic imaging

M Mozaffarzadeh, A Mahloojifar… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging medical imaging modality capable of providing
high spatial resolution of Ultrasound (US) imaging and high contrast of optical imaging …

Ultrasound open platforms for next-generation imaging technique development

E Boni, CH Alfred, S Freear, JA Jensen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Open platform (OP) ultrasound systems are aimed primarily at the research community. They
have been at the forefront of the development of synthetic aperture, plane wave, shear wave …

[HTML][HTML] Practical photoacoustic tomography: realistic limitations and technical solutions

W Choi, D Oh, C Kim - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This article offers a perspective on photoacoustic tomography (PAT) under realistic
scenarios. While PAT has gained much attention in preclinical and clinical research, most …

Spatial coherence in medical ultrasound: A review

J Long, G Trahey, N Bottenus - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional pulse-echo ultrasound imaging heavily relies on the discernment of signals
based on their relative magnitudes but is limited in its ability to mitigate sources of image …

Double-stage delay multiply and sum beamforming algorithm applied to ultrasound medical imaging

M Mozaffarzadeh, M Sadeghi, A Mahloojifar… - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
In ultrasound (US) imaging, delay and sum (DAS) is the most common beamformer, but it
leads to low-quality images. Delay multiply and sum (DMAS) was introduced to address this …

Sparse convolutional beamforming for ultrasound imaging

R Cohen, YC Eldar - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The standard technique used by commercial medical ultrasound systems to form B-mode
images is delay and sum (DAS) beamforming. However, DAS often results in limited image …

Architecture of an ultrasound system for continuous real-time high frame rate imaging

E Boni, L Bassi, A Dallai, V Meacci… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High frame rate (HFR) imaging methods based on the transmission of defocused or plane
waves rather than focused beams are increasingly popular. However, the production of HFR …

A Nonlinear Beamformer Based on p-th Root Compression—Application to Plane Wave Ultrasound Imaging

M Polichetti, F Varray, JC Béra, C Cachard, B Nicolas - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ultrafast medical ultrasound imaging is necessary for 3D and 4D ultrasound imaging, and it
can also achieve high temporal resolution (thousands of frames per second) for monitoring …