Evaluation of robustness of S-transform based phase velocity estimation in viscoelastic phantoms and renal transplants

P Kijanka, L Vasconcelos, J Mandrekar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) methods are being used to differentiate healthy
versus diseased tissue on the basis of their viscoelastic mechanical properties. Tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound shear wave propagation modeling in general tissue–like viscoelastic materials

M Osika, P Kijanka - Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective This study aims to present an approach for the simulation of ultrasound elastic
waves propagation in a diverse range of heterogeneous tissue-like viscoelastic materials …

Ultrasound viscoelastography by acoustic radiation force: A state-of-the-art review

X Chen, X Li, S Turco, RJG Van Sloun… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound elastography (USE) is a promising tool for tissue characterization as several
diseases result in alterations of tissue structure and composition, which manifest as changes …

Multimodal guided wave inversion for arterial stiffness: methodology and validation in phantoms

T Roy, M Urban, Y Xu, J Greenleaf… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Arterial stiffness is an important biomarker for many cardiovascular diseases. Shear wave
elastography is a recent technique aimed at estimating local arterial stiffness using guided …

The revisited frequency-shift method for shear wave attenuation computation and imaging

L Yazdani, M Bhatt, I Rafati, A Tang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Kidney cortex shear wave motion simulations based on segmented biopsy histology

L Vasconcelos, P Kijanka, JP Grande, R Oliveira… - Computer Methods and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective Biopsy stands as the gold standard for kidney transplant
assessment, yet its invasive nature restricts frequent use. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is …

Development of a piezo stack–laser doppler vibrometer sensing approach for characterizing shear wave dispersion and local viscoelastic property distributions

B Cai, T Li, L Bo, J Li, R Sullivan, C Sun… - … Systems and Signal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Laser Doppler vibrometry and wavefield analysis have recently shown great potential for
nondestructive evaluation, structural health monitoring, and studying wave physics …

A step toward real-time time–frequency analyses with varying time–frequency resolutions: Hardware implementation of an adaptive S-transform

N Radović, VN Ivanović, I Djurović… - Circuits, Systems, and …, 2023 - Springer
This paper addresses the rarely considered issue of hardware implementation of the S-
transform, a very important time–frequency representation with many practical applications …

Improved two-point frequency shift power method for measurement of shear wave attenuation

P Kijanka, MW Urban - Ultrasonics, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantitative assessment of mechanical properties of biological soft tissues is frequently
evaluated using a noninvasive modality, called ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) …

Comparing myocardial shear wave propagation velocity estimation methods based on tissue displacement, velocity and acceleration data

E Seliverstova, A Caenen, S Bézy, S Nooijens… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a promising technique used to assess cardiac function
through the evaluation of cardiac stiffness non-invasively. However, in the literature, SWE …