Quantitative ultrasound imaging of soft biological tissues: a primer for radiologists and medical physicists
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims at quantifying interactions between ultrasound and
biological tissues. QUS techniques extract fundamental physical properties of tissues based …
biological tissues. QUS techniques extract fundamental physical properties of tissues based …
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 …
Homodyned K-distribution parameter estimation in quantitative ultrasound: autoencoder and bayesian neural network approaches
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) analyzes the ultrasound (US) backscattered data to find the
properties of scatterers that correlate with the tissue microstructure. Statistics of the envelope …
properties of scatterers that correlate with the tissue microstructure. Statistics of the envelope …
Liver fibrosis assessment using radiomics of ultrasound homodyned-K imaging based on the artificial neural network estimator
Z Zhou, Z Zhang, A Gao, DI Tai, S Wu… - Ultrasonic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The homodyned-K distribution is an important ultrasound backscatter envelope statistics
model of physical meaning, and the parametric imaging of the model parameters has been …
model of physical meaning, and the parametric imaging of the model parameters has been …
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 …
Ultrasound shear wave attenuation imaging for grading liver steatosis in volunteers and patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A pilot study
Objective The aims of the work described here were to assess shear wave attenuation
(SWA) in volunteers and patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and …
(SWA) in volunteers and patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and …
The revisited frequency-shift method for shear wave attenuation computation and imaging
Ultrasound (US) shear wave (SW) elastography has been widely studied and implemented
on clinical systems to assess the elasticity of living organs. Imaging of SW attenuation …
on clinical systems to assess the elasticity of living organs. Imaging of SW attenuation …
Fat and fibrosis as confounding cofactors in viscoelastic measurements of the liver
Elastography provides significant information on staging of fibrosis in patients with liver
disease and may be of some value in assessing steatosis. However, there remain questions …
disease and may be of some value in assessing steatosis. However, there remain questions …
Statistical modeling of ultrasound signals related to the packing factor of wave scattering phenomena for structural characterization
F Destrempes, G Cloutier - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The two-dimensional homodyned K-distribution has been widely used to model the echo
envelope of ultrasound radio frequency (RF) signals in the field of medical ultrasonics. The …
envelope of ultrasound radio frequency (RF) signals in the field of medical ultrasonics. The …
A two-dimensional angular interpolation based on radial basis functions for high frame rate ultrafast imaging
To solve the problem of reduced image quality in plane wave imaging (PWI), coherent plane
wave compounding (CPWC) has been introduced, based on a combination of plane wave …
wave compounding (CPWC) has been introduced, based on a combination of plane wave …