Imaging the elastic properties of tissue: the 20 year perspective

KJ Parker, MM Doyley, DJ Rubens - Physics in medicine & …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
After 20 years of innovation in techniques that specifically image the biomechanical
properties of tissue, the evolution of elastographic imaging can be viewed from its infancy …

A review of the characterizations of soft tissues used in human body modeling: scope, limitations, and the path forward

N Arnold, J Scott, TR Bush - Journal of Tissue Viability, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft tissue material properties are vital to human body models that evaluate interactions
between the human body and its environment. Such models evaluate internal stress/strain …

Quantitative sonoelastography for the in vivo assessment of skeletal muscle viscoelasticity

K Hoyt, T Kneezel, B Castaneda… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel quantitative sonoelastography technique for assessing the viscoelastic properties of
skeletal muscle tissue was developed. Slowly propagating shear wave interference patterns …

Shear wave dispersion measures liver steatosis

CT Barry, B Mills, Z Hah, RA Mooney, CK Ryan… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2012 - Elsevier
Crawling waves, which are interfering shear wave patterns, can be generated in liver tissue
over a range of frequencies. Some important biomechanical properties of the liver can be …

Multi-path model and sensitivity analysis for galvanic coupled intra-body communication through layered tissue

M Swaminathan, FS Cabrera, JS Pujol… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
New medical procedures promise continuous patient monitoring and drug delivery through
implanted sensors and actuators. When over the air wireless radio frequency (OTA-RF) links …

Noninvasive assessment of age-related stiffness of crystalline lenses in a rabbit model using ultrasound elastography

X Zhang, Q Wang, Z Lyu, X Gao, P Zhang, H Lin… - Biomedical engineering …, 2018 - Springer
Background The pathological or physiological changes of a crystalline lens directly affect the
eye accommodation and transmittance, and then they increase the risk of presbyopia and …

Beamforming galvanic coupling signals for IoMT implant-to-relay communication

S Banou, M Swaminathan, GR Muns… - IEEE Sensors …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Implants are poised to revolutionize personalized healthcare by monitoring and actuating
physiological functions. Such implants operate under challenging constraints of the limited …

Beamforming in the body: Energy-efficient and collision-free communication for implants

M Swaminathan, A Vizziello, D Duong… - … -IEEE Conference on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Implants are poised to revolutionize personalized healthcare by monitoring and actuating
physiological functions. Such implants operate under challenging constraints of limited …

Integration of crawling waves in an ultrasound imaging system. Part 1: system and design considerations

C Hazard, Z Hah, D Rubens, K Parker - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2012 - Elsevier
An ultrasound system (GE Logiq 9) was modified to produce a synthetic crawling wave using
shear wave displacements generated by the radiation force of focused beams formed at the …

The evolution of vibration sonoelastography

K J. Parker - Current Medical Imaging Reviews, 2011 - benthamdirect.com
The field of imaging the elastic properties of tissue has grown to an impressive variety of
techniques and applications, some of which are currently in clinical trials. This review …