Conventional medical imaging technologies, including ultrasound, have continued to
improve over the years. For example, in oncology, medical imaging is characterized by high …

Thermal ablation is a form of hyperthermia in which oncologic control can be achieved by
briefly inducing elevated temperatures, typically in the range 50–80° C, within a target …

Precise information of wind speed probability distribution is truly significant for many wind
energy applications. The objective of this study is to evaluate the suitability of different …

Constructing ultrasound statistical parametric images by using a sliding window is a widely
adopted strategy for characterizing tissues. Deficiency in spatial resolution, the appearance …

Percutaneous thermal therapy is an important clinical treatment method for some solid
tumors. It is critical to use effective image visualization techniques to monitor the therapy …

Ultrasound ablation techniques are minimally invasive alternatives to surgical resection and
have rapidly increased in use. The response of tissue to HIFU ablation differs based on the …

Accurate monitoring of treatment is crucial in minimally-invasive radiofrequency ablation in
oncology and cardiovascular disease. We investigated alterations in optical properties of ex …

The feasibility of ultrasonic Nakagami imaging to evaluate thermal lesions by high-intensity
focused ultrasound and microwave ablation was explored in ex vivo and in vivo liver …

Tissues exhibiting quasi-periodic structures can be modeled as a collection of diffuse
scatterers and coherent scatterers. The mean scatterer spacing (MSS) of coherent and quasi …

The homodyned-K (HK) distribution is a generalized model of envelope statistics whose
parameters α (the clustering parameter) and k (the coherent-to-diffuse signal ratio) can be …