Search Results - "2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)"

A magnetic resonance compatible E4D ultrasound probe for motion management of radiation therapy by Lee, Warren, Chan, Heather, Chan, Pong, Fiorillo, Timothy, Fiveland, Eric, Foo, Thomas, Mills, David, Patel, Aqsa, Sabatini, James, Shoudy, David, Smith, Scott, Bednarz, Bryan

“…We developed a magnetic resonance compatible real-time, three-dimensional imaging ultrasound probe for motion management of radiation therapy for liver cancer…”
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Assessment of interstitial lung disease using lung ultrasound surface wave elastography by Xiaoming Zhang, Boran Zhou, Osborn, Thomas, Bartholmai, Brian, Greenleaf, James, Kalra, Sanjay

“…We have developed a noninvasive lung ultrasound surface wave elastography (LUSWE) technique for measuring superficial lung tissue stiffness. The purpose of…”
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Investigation of 20% scandium-doped aluminum nitride films for MEMS laterally vibrating resonators by Colombo, Luca, Kochhar, Abhay, Changting Xu, Piazza, Gianluca, Mishin, Sergey, Oshmyansky, Yury

“…This paper reports on the investigation of 1 μm thick films of 20% Scandium-doped Aluminum Nitride (ScAlN) for the making of piezoelectric MEMS laterally…”
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The dark region artifact in adaptive ultrasound beamforming by Rindal, Ole Marius Hoel, Rodriguez-Molares, Alfonso, Austeng, Andreas

“…An undesired effect, the dark region artifact (DRA), has been under-communicated in our research community. The DRA appear next to acoustically strong targets…”
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The UltraSound ToolBox by Rodriguez-Molares, Alfonso, Rindal, Ole Marius Hoel, Bernard, Olivier, Nair, Arun, Lediju Bell, Muyinatu A., Liebgott, Herve, Austeng, Andreas, Lovstakken, Lasse

“…We present the UltraSound ToolBox (USTB), a processing framework for ultrasound signals. USTB aims to facilitate the comparison of imaging techniques and the…”
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A deep learning approach to ultrasound image recovery by Perdios, Dimitris, Besson, Adrien, Arditi, Marcel, Thiran, Jean-Philippe

“…Based on the success of deep neural networks for image recovery, we propose a new paradigm for the compression and decompression of US signals which relies on…”
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A machine learning method to identify and remove reflection artifacts in photoacoustic channel data by Allman, Derek, Reiter, Austin, Lediju Bell, Muyinatu A.

“…Photoacoustic imaging is often used to visualize point-like targets, including circular cross sections of small cylindrical implants like brachytherapy seeds…”
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Combining Nakagami imaging and convolutional neural network for breast lesion classification by Byra, Michal, Piotrzkowska-Wroblewska, Hanna, Dobruch-Sobczak, Katarzyna, Nowicki, Andrzej

“…In this paper we propose a computer-aided diagnosis system for the breast lesion classification. Our approach is based on quantitative ultrasound and deep…”
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A deep learning approach to ultrasound image recovery by Perdios, Dimitris, Besson, Adrien, Arditi, Marcel, Thiran, Jean-Philippe

“…Compressed sensing (CS) has drawn many interest in the field ultrasound (US) image recovery. It has demonstrated promising results in the recovery of…”
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Monitoring early tumor response to vascular targeted therapy using super-resolution ultrasound imaging by Ghosh, Debabrata, Fangyuan Xiong, Mattrey, Robert, Sirsi, Shashank, Hoyt, Kenneth

“…The standard-of-care for evaluating breast tumor response to chemotherapeutic drug treatment remains the assessment of a tumor size change weeks after therapy…”
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Coherence beamforming and its applications to the difficult-to-image patient by Dahl, Jeremy J., Dongwoon Hyun, You Li, Jakovljevic, Marko, Bell, Muyinatu A. L., Long, Will J., Bottenus, Nick, Kakkad, Vaibhav, Trahey, Gregg E.

“…Poor quality ultrasound images and inadequate or suboptimal visualization of imaging targets is a common problem in individuals that are overweight or obese…”
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Delay lines based on a suspended thin film of X-cut lithium niobate by Vidal-Alvarez, Gabriel, Kochhar, Abhay, Piazza, Gianluca

“…We report on the fabrication, experimental characterization, and theoretical modeling of delay lines fabricated on a lithium niobate X-cut thin film substrate…”
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High-coupling leaky SAWs on LiTaO3 thin plate bonded to quartz substrate by Hayashi, Junki, Gomi, Masashi, Suzuki, Masashi, Kakio, Shoji, Suzaki, Haruka, Yonai, Toshifumi, Kishida, Kazuhito, Mizuno, Jun

“…The propagation properties and resonance characteristics of leaky surface acoustic waves (LSAWs) and longitudinal-type LSAWs (LLSAWs) on a LiTaO 3 (LT) thin…”
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A fully automatic and multi-structural segmentation of the left ventricle and the myocardium on highly heterogeneous 2D echocardiographic data by Leclerc, Sarah, Grenier, Thomas, Espinosa, Florian, Bernard, Olivier

“…Although 3D ultrasound plays an increasingly important role, 2D echocardiography remains the main clinical imaging modality for cardiac function assessment in…”
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Closed-loop ultrasonic power and communication with multiple miniaturized active implantable medical devices by Wang, Max, Chang, Ting Chia, Teisberg, Thomas, Weber, Marcus, Charthad, Jayant, Arbabian, Amin

“…Networks of miniaturized implantable medical devices (IMDs) capable of operating deep in the body are crucial for many novel diagnostic and therapeutic…”
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Photoacoustic based visual servoing of needle tips to improve biopsy on obese patients by Shubert, Joshua, Lediju Bell, Muyinatu A.

“…For many routine surgeries and procedures, such as liver biopsies, obese patients present an increased challenge. In liver biopsies, it is more difficult to…”
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The influence of speckle statistics on contrast metrics in ultrasound imaging by Hverven, Stine M., Rindal, Ole Marius Hoel, Rodriguez-Molares, Alfonso, Austeng, Andreas

“…Quality assessment of ultrasound images is difficult since image quality is subjective to the human observer. Nevertheless, image quality metrics are…”
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Notice of Removal: Guided wave elastography of press-stressed thin-walled soft tissues by Li, Guo-Yang, He, Qiong, Mangan, Robert, Xu, Guo-Qiang, Luo, Jianwen, Destrade, Michel, Cao, Yanping

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High electromechanical coefficient kt2=19% thick ScAlN piezoelectric films for ultrasonic transducer in low frequency of 80 MHz by Ko-hei Sano, Karasawa, Rei, Yanagitani, Takahiko

“…Ultrasonic in the frequency ranges of 20-100 MHz is not well-developed because of less applications or less suitable piezoelectric materials as shown in Table…”
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Notice of Removal: Handheld optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy probe for preclinical application by Park, Kyungjin, Kim, Jin Young, Jeon, Seungwan, Park, Sungjo, Lee, Ki Jong, Kim, Hyung Ham, Kim, Chulhong

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