Contrast-enhanced ultrasound quantification: From kinetic modeling to machine learning

S Turco, P Frinking, R Wildeboer, M Arditi… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) have opened up immense diagnostic possibilities by
combined use of indicator dilution principles and dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound …

Fully automated carotid plaque segmentation in combined contrast-enhanced and B-mode ultrasound

Z Akkus, DDB Carvalho, SCH van den Oord… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2015 - Elsevier
Carotid plaque segmentation in B-mode ultrasound (BMUS) and contrast-enhanced
ultrasound (CEUS) is crucial to the assessment of plaque morphology and composition …

Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Microvascular Characterization

S TURCO, P CHEN, A LYSHCHIK… - Innovative …, 2024 - books.google.com
Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) is a powerful imaging tool that provides
diagnostic information by combining standard anatomical imaging with vascular assessment …

Atherosclerotic carotid lumen segmentation in combined B-mode and contrast enhanced ultrasound images

Z Akkus, DDB Carvalho, S Klein… - Medical Imaging …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Patients with carotid atherosclerotic plaques carry an increased risk of cardiovascular events
such as stroke. Ultrasound has been employed as a standard for diagnosis of carotid …

Fully automated carotid plaque segmentation in combined b-mode and contrast enhanced ultrasound

Z Akkus, N De Jong… - 2014 IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Segmentation of carotid plaques in standard B-mode ultrasound is challenging due to
irregular lumen shapes, noise, artifacts, and plaque echolucency. To overcome these …