IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Nov 27, 2024
Autonomous ultrasound image quality assessment (US-IQA) is a promising tool to aid the interpretation by practicing sonographers and to enable the future robotization of ultrasound procedures. However, autonomous US-IQA has several challenges. Ultras...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Nov 27, 2024
Freehand 3-D ultrasound imaging is emerging as a promising modality for regular spine exams due to its noninvasiveness and affordability. The laminae landmarks play a critical role in depicting the 3-D shape of the spine. However, the extraction of t...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jul 9, 2024
Ultrasound elastography is a noninvasive medical imaging technique that maps viscoelastic properties to characterize tissues and diseases. Elastography can be divided into two classes in a broad sense: strain elastography (SE), which relies on Hooke'...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jul 9, 2024
Accurate and continuous bladder volume monitoring is crucial for managing urinary dysfunctions. Wearable ultrasound (US) devices offer a solution by enabling noninvasive and real-time monitoring. Previous studies have limitations in power consumption...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
May 10, 2024
For high-frame-rate ultrasound imaging, it remains challenging to implement on compact systems as a sparse imaging configuration with limited array channels. One key issue is that the resulting image quality is known to be mediocre not only because u...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jan 9, 2024
Phase aberration caused by human skulls severely degrades the quality of transcranial ultrasound images, posing a major challenge in the practical application of transcranial ultrasound techniques in adults. Aberration can be corrected if the skull p...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Dec 14, 2023
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging provides optical contrast at relatively large depths within the human body, compared to other optical methods, at ultrasound (US) spatial resolution. By integrating real-time PA and US (PAUS) modalities, PAUS imaging has th...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Dec 14, 2023
High-quality ultrafast ultrasound imaging is based on coherent compounding from multiple transmissions of plane waves (PW) or diverging waves (DW). However, compounding results in reduced frame rate, as well as destructive interferences from high-vel...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Aug 29, 2023
Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) is a fast-emerging imaging modality that is expected to help detect and characterize breast tumors by quantifying the distribution of the speed of sound (SOS) and acoustic attenuation in breast tissue. High-quali...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Aug 29, 2023
Ultrasound (US) imaging is a paramount modality in many image-guided surgeries and percutaneous interventions, thanks to its high portability, temporal resolution, and cost-efficiency. However, due to its imaging principles, the US is often noisy and...