IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Nov 23, 2021
Deep learning is heavily being borrowed to solve problems in medical imaging applications, and Siamese neural networks are the front runners of motion tracking. In this article, we propose to upgrade one such Siamese architecture-based neural network...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Nov 23, 2021
Deep learning for ultrasound image formation is rapidly garnering research support and attention, quickly rising as the latest frontier in ultrasound image formation, with much promise to balance both image quality and display speed. Despite this pro...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Oct 25, 2021
Accurate 3-D geometries of arteries and veins are important clinical data for diagnosis of arterial disease and intervention planning. Automatic segmentation of vessels in the transverse view suffers from the low lateral resolution and contrast. Conv...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Sep 27, 2021
Accurate defect characterization is desirable in the ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation as it can provide quantitative information about the defect type and geometry. For defect characterization using ultrasonic arrays, high-resolution images can p...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Sep 27, 2021
Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) is a set of techniques used for material inspection and defect detection without causing damage to the inspected component. One of the commonly used nondestructive techniques is called ultrasonic inspection. The acquis...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jul 26, 2021
This work presents a novel constant frequency ultrasonicamplitude control (CFUAC) method based on fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative (FPID) and amplitude direct feedback. The frequency shift and amplitude nonlinearity of the piezoelectric transdu...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jul 26, 2021
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) can reveal crucial information on tissue properties, such as scatterer density. If the scatterer density per resolution cell is above or below 10, the tissue is considered as fully developed speckle (FDS) or underdevelop...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jul 26, 2021
Ultrasound sound-speed tomography (USST) has shown great prospects for breast cancer diagnosis due to its advantages of nonradiation, low cost, 3-D breast images, and quantitative indicators. However, the reconstruction quality of USST is highly depe...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jun 29, 2021
As being radiation-free, portable, and capable of repetitive use, ultrasonography is playing an important role in diagnosing and evaluating the COVID-19 Pneumonia (PN) in this epidemic. By virtue of lung ultrasound scores (LUSS), lung ultrasound (LUS...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jun 29, 2021
Segmentation and mutant classification of high-frequency ultrasound (HFU) mouse embryo brain ventricle (BV) and body images can provide valuable information for developmental biologists. However, manual segmentation and identification of BV and body ...