International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
May 2, 2025
PURPOSE: The study aims to develop an automatic method to align ultrasound images of the distal forearm for diagnosing pediatric fractures. This approach seeks to bypass the reliance on X-rays for fracture diagnosis, thereby minimizing radiation expo...
Muscle ultrasound has high utility in clinical practice and research; however, the main challenges are the training and time required for manual analysis to achieve objective quantification of muscle size and quality. We aimed to develop and validate...
Precise segmentation and uncertainty estimation are crucial for error identification and correction in medical diagnostic assistance. Existing methods mainly rely on pixel-wise uncertainty estimations. They (1) neglect the global context, leading to ...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Apr 25, 2025
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: It is a challenging task to use ultrasound for bone imaging, as the bone tissue has a complex structure with high acoustic impedance and speed-of-sound (SOS). Recently, full waveform inversion (FWI) has shown promising imagi...
IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Apr 25, 2025
Robotic ultrasound systems have the potential to improve medical diagnostics, but patient acceptance remains a key challenge. To address this, we propose a novel system that combines an AI-based virtual agent, powered by a large language model (LLM),...
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer and the second cause of cancer related death among women in the United States. Accurate and early detection of breast cancer can reduce the number of mortalities. Recent works explore deep learning technique...
IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
Apr 24, 2025
Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) is a non-invasive technique that allows for the imaging of micro-vessels in vivo, at depth and with a resolution on the order of ten microns. ULM is based on the sub-resolution localization of individual micro...
The cross-sectional area (CSA) of the gastric antrum and its motility rhythm reflects the gastrointestinal function of critically ill patients. Monitoring the CSA and motility rhythm is crucial but remains time-consuming and operator dependent. This ...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Apr 22, 2025
Plane wave imaging (PWI) is pivotal in medical ultrasound (US), prized for its ultrafast capabilities essential for real-time physiological monitoring. Traditionally, enhancing image quality in PWI has necessitated an increase in the number of plane ...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Apr 22, 2025
Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) is a blood flow imaging technique that utilizes micrometer-sized microbubbles (MBs) as contrast agents to achieve high-resolution microvessel reconstruction through precise localization and tracking of MBs. Th...
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