IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jan 27, 2022
Instrumented ultrasonic tracking is used to improve needle localization during ultrasound guidance of minimally invasive percutaneous procedures. Here, it is implemented with transmitted ultrasound pulses from a clinical ultrasound imaging probe, whi...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jan 5, 2022
Data-driven analysis for damage assessment has a large potential in structural health monitoring (SHM) systems, where sensors are permanently attached to the structure, enabling continuous and frequent measurements. In this contribution, we propose a...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Dec 31, 2021
Nuclear reactor inspections are critical to ensure the safety and reliability of a nuclear facility's operation. In Canada, ultrasonic testing (UT) is used to inspect the health of pressure tubes that are part of Canada's Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) re...
Medical physics
Nov 29, 2021
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of thyroid diseases has been increasing year by year. In this study, we established and validated a deep learning method (Cascade region-based convolutional neural network, R-CNN) based on ultrasound videos for automatic de...
Journal of healthcare engineering
Nov 29, 2021
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of artificial intelligence algorithm combined with ultrasound endoscopy in early esophageal cancer and precancerous lesions by comparing the examination of conventional endoscopy and artifici...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Oct 9, 2021
The interfaces between users and systems are evolving into a more natural communication, including user gestures as part of the interaction, where air-writing is an emerging application for this purpose. The aim of this work is to propose a new air-w...
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...
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 23, 2021
Flavonoids in were studied. The flavonoids in were extracted by ultrasonic method, and the extraction conditions were modeled and optimized by response the surface methodology and the artificial intelligence method. The results show that the ultras...