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Polymer Science
Sagar Ghimire, Martina Rodriguez Sala, Swetha Chandrasekaran, Grigorios Raptopoulos, Marcus Worsley, Patrina Paraskevopoulou, Nicholas Leventis, Firouzeh Sabri
Summary: Medical implants are commonly tracked using MRI, X-ray, and ultrasound, with ultrasound being the safest method. This paper presents the development of two ultrasound-based image analysis techniques to enhance the study of biological tissues and different types of aerogel implants.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Mohammad I. Daoud, Ayah F. Abu-Hani, Ahmad Shtaiyat, Mostafa Z. Ali, Rami Alazrai
Summary: This study presents a new method for effective needle detection using ultrasound B-mode and power Doppler analyses. By processing ultrasound images, we successfully detected needles inserted in animal tissues, and our method achieved better results compared to other methods.
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Acoustics
Hajo Findeisen, Christian Goerg, Helen Winter, Corinna Trenker, Christoph F. Dietrich, Amjad Alhyari, Friederike Eilsberger, Ehsan Safai Zadeh
Summary: B-mode ultrasound examination is a diagnostic method used in addition to standard imaging for the detection of splenic involvement in Hodgkin lymphoma. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound does not provide additional benefit compared to B-mode ultrasound and the standard reference procedure.
ULTRASCHALL IN DER MEDIZIN
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Jianmin Li, Kun Zhu, Lizhi Pan
Summary: The study investigated the feasibility of using M-mode ultrasound to recognize wrist and finger motions, showing potential superiority in feature space analysis and demonstrating its capability for motion recognition.
BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Amber Hillaert, Emmelie Stock, Luc Duchateau, Hilde de Rooster, Nausikaa Devriendt, Katrien Vanderperren
Summary: This study found that B-mode ultrasound (US) and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) can be used to differentiate benign and malignant superficial neoplasms in dogs. However, there is still overlap between the two methods, suggesting that they cannot completely replace cytology or histopathology.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Stefano Spada, Gary C. W. England, Massimo Vignoli, Augusto Carluccio, Marco Russo
Summary: The diagnosis of prostatic neoplasia in dogs is challenging, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound may play a crucial role in early detection in neutered dogs. Performing contrast-enhanced ultrasound in neutered dogs shows promising vascular patterns of the prostate, indicating its potential as a reliable diagnostic tool.
Article
Oncology
Katarzyna Sylwia Dobruch-Sobczak, Hanna Piotrzkowska-Wroblewska, Piotr Karwat, Ziemowit Klimonda, Ewa Markiewicz-Grodzicka, Jerzy Litniewski
Summary: The combination of B-mode ultrasound with quantitative parameters such as Kullback-Leibler divergence proved to accurately predict treatment response in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, with high sensitivity and specificity.
Article
Optics
Chunwei Zhang, Hong Zhao, Xu Gao, Zhenyang Zhang, Juntong Xi
Summary: The proposed method introduces a new approach to detecting and correcting phase unwrapping errors (PUE) by defining phase edges, which helps identify potential errors and improves the robustness and efficiency of PUE correction. Experiments confirm the outstanding performance of this method.
OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Shuyan Liu, Peilin Li, Yuanhao Tan, Geqi Ding, Bo Peng
Summary: According to this study, the original diameter velocity loop method is unable to accurately extract the blood vessel diameter waveform when the ultrasound image data quality is poor. This study proposes a new method combining threshold, gradient filtering, and the center of gravity method for diameter waveform extraction, and replaces the linear regression method with the optimal average of two linear regression methods. This method is able to extract diameter waveforms from poor-quality images and obtain more accurate PWV measurements.
MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Szymon Gres, Michael Dohler, Palle Andersen, Laurent Mevel
Summary: In Operational Modal Analysis, modal parameter estimation from vibration measurements is subject to statistical uncertainties due to data of finite length and measurement noise. The Modal Phase Collinearity (MPC) is a modal indicator used to determine whether the mode shape is a real or complex-valued vector, inheriting statistical properties of the corresponding estimate. This paper develops uncertainty quantification for MPC estimates when mode shapes are complex-valued vectors, showing that the distribution of MPC estimate can be approximated as Gaussian and providing computation of variance and confidence intervals.
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ranya Al Darwich, Laurent Babout, Krzysztof Strzecha
Summary: This paper proposes a method based on local gradient estimation for edge detection and compares it with the active contour method and crowdsourcing. The results show that the proposed method is more accurate for detecting metallic droplet image edges in high-temperature conditions, and the reliability of the crowdsourced data is as good as the local gradient estimation method.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Maciej Sabiniok, Krzysztof J. Opielinski
Summary: This paper explores the implementation of a universal attachment for conventional ultrasound scanners, allowing for rapid, safe, and automatic three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of the female breast. The study shows that tilted and shifted probes can improve image quality and scanning area, highlighting the advantages of a relatively simple convex probe over more advanced devices.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Francesco Simeoni, Francesca Del Signore, Giovanni Aste, Paolo Bargellini, Giuseppe Rubini, Rossella Terragni, Roberto Tamburro, Ilaria Falerno, Francesco de Pasquale, Marco Russo, Massimo Vignoli
Summary: Canine gastric disorders are common in veterinary practice, with neoplasms requiring rapid identification. Standard ultrasound is the preferred imaging modality for assessing gastric wall conditions. This study aimed to describe specific ultrasound features of normal, inflammatory, and neoplastic gastric diseases in dogs, showing potential for distinguishing gastritis from gastric neoplasms.
Article
Acoustics
Rohit Singla, Ricky Hu, Cailin Ringstrom, Victoria Lessoway, Janice Reid, Christopher Nguan, Robert Rohling
Summary: Modelling ultrasound speckle to characterise tissue properties has generated interest, particularly for investigating dysfunction in transplanted kidneys. It is unclear which statistical distribution best characterises such speckle or how these distributions vary by patient variables. This study aims to investigate these questions.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xuelin Wang, Lei Sheng
Summary: This article examines the potential of ultrasound B-mode image texture features in monitoring mild hyperthermia or thermal ablation. The results show that five texture feature parameters are closely related to temperature, with some of them having high correlation coefficients within a certain temperature range. These feature parameters are expected to be used for noninvasive monitoring of temperature or coagulation zones.
Article
Acoustics
Andrius Sakalauskas, Vita Speckauskiene, Kristina Lauckaite, Rytis Jurkonis, Daiva Rastenyte, Arunas Lukosevicius
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2018)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mindaugas Marozas, Sergej Sosunkevic, Migle Francaite-Daugeliene, Dzilda Velickiene, Arunas Lukosevicius
TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH CARE
(2018)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Po Yang, Dainius Stankevicius, Vaidotas Marozas, Zhikun Deng, Enjie Liu, Arunas Lukosevicius, Feng Dong, Lida Xu, Geyong Min
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN CYBERNETICS-SYSTEMS
(2018)
Article
Acoustics
Andrius Sakalauskas, Rytis Jurkonis, Sigita Gelman, Arunas Lukosevicius, Limas Kupcinskas
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2019)
Article
Acoustics
R. Jurkonis, A. Sakalauskas, A. Lukosevicius, M. Maciulevicius, M. Tamosiunas, S. Satkauskas
ACOUSTICAL PHYSICS
(2019)
Review
Neurosciences
Eugenijus Kaniusas, Stefan Kampusch, Marc Tittgemeyer, Fivos Panetsos, Raquel Fernandez Gines, Michele Papa, Attila Kiss, Bruno Podesser, Antonino Mario Cassara, Emmeric Tanghe, Amine Mohammed Samoudi, Thomas Tarnaud, Wout Joseph, Vaidotas Marozas, Arunas Lukosevicius, Niko Istuk, Antonio Sarolic, Sarah Lechner, Wlodzimierz Klonowski, Giedrius Varoneckas, Jozsef Constantin Szeles
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2019)
Review
Neurosciences
Eugenijus Kaniusas, Stefan Kampusch, Marc Tittgemeyer, Fivos Panetsos, Raquel Fernandez Gines, Michele Papa, Attila Kiss, Bruno Podesser, Antonino Mario Cassara, Emmeric Tanghe, Amine Mohammed Samoudi, Thomas Tarnaud, Wout Joseph, Vaidotas Marozas, Arunas Lukosevicius, Niko Istuk, Sarah Lechner, Wlodzimierz Klonowski, Giedrius Varoneckas, Jozsef Constantin Szeles, Antonio Sarolic
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Rytis Jurkonis, Monika Makunaite, Mindaugas Baranauskas, Arunas Lukosevicius, Andrius Sakalauskas, Vaidas Matijosaitis, Daiva Rastenyte
Article
Clinical Neurology
Margarita Cernych, Andrius Satas, Andrius Rapalis, Vaidotas Marozas, Lina Malciene, Arunas Lukosevicius, Laura Daniuseviciute, Marius Brazaitis
Summary: Total sleep deprivation is linked to impaired thermoregulation and autonomic response in the body under heat stress conditions, as evidenced by changes in factors such as blood pressure, heart rate, and sweating rate.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mindaugas Baranauskas, Rytis Jurkonis, Arunas Lukosevicius, Monika Makunaite, Vaidas Matijosaitis, Rymante Gleizniene, Daiva Rastenyte
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mindaugas Baranauskas, Rytis Jurkonis, Arunas Lukosevicius, Vaidas Matijosaitis, Rymante Gleizniene, Daiva Rastenyte
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Monika Makunaite, Rytis Jurkonis, Arunas Lukosevicius, Mindaugas Baranauskas
Summary: This paper aims to quantitatively evaluate the uncertainties of RF signal simulation, revealing uncertainties ranging from 9% to 22%. The study shows that the main sources limiting the adequacy of echoscopy RF signal simulation are insufficient knowledge of scanner and phantom parameters.
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Sergej Sosunkevic, Andrius Rapalis, Mindaugas Marozas, Jonas Ceponis, Arunas Lukosevicius
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
A. Sakalauskas, R. Jurkonis, S. Gelman, A. Lukosevicius, L. Kupcinskas
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
S. Daukantas, V. Marozas, G. Drosatos, E. Kaldoudi, A. Lukosevicius
Article
Acoustics
Ting Luo, Zhen Wang, Xiaoling Yu, Zhiyu Han, Zhigang Cheng, Fangyi Liu, Jie Yu, Ping Liang
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the contribution of subtotal ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) to the inhibition of programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The results showed that MWA >50% AR could enhance immune-related gene expression, activate CD8+ T cells, and thereby boost the immunomodulatory effect of PD-1 inhibitors.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Letter
Acoustics
Bernard Cosyns, Sharon L. Mulvagh
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Keith Barron, Michael Blaivas, Laura Blaivas, John Sadler, Isadora Deal
Summary: Researchers investigated whether quantitative ultrasound assessment of hyoid bone movement during induced swallowing would predict the failure of traditional assessment methods in stroke patients. They found that manual ultrasound measurement was not accurate in predicting the assessment outcome, but a machine learning algorithm showed substantial agreement with the results, suggesting its potential for improving dysphagia assessment.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Sheng Chen, Yi-Jie Qiu, Qi Zhang, Xiu-Yun Lu, Yun-Lin Huang, Yi Dong, Wen-Ping Wang
Summary: The impact of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor size on Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) enhancement features was evaluated. The study found that tumor size had a significant impact on the washout features of HCC lesions, with smaller lesions exhibiting a later occurrence of washout.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Sean Mcgrath, Yu-Jack Shen, Masato Aragaki, Yamato Motooka, Takamasa Koga, Alexander Gregor, Nicholas Bernards, Emmanuel Cherin, Christine E. M. Demore, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Naomi Matsuura
Summary: This study assessed the imaging ability of CE-EBUS in vitro and in vivo and found that CE-EBUS can produce contrast imaging comparable to commercial pre-clinical and clinical ultrasound systems. CE-EBUS has the potential for clinical characterization of mediastinal lymph nodes in lung cancer patients.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Acoustics
Ahmed M. Al-Jumaily, Hassan Liaquat, Sharad Paul
Summary: This article presents a comprehensive review on the effect of various operational parameters of focused ultrasound (FUS) on the injury zone produced by ultrasound beams for different dermatological applications. The article highlights the efficient operational parameters of FUS to enhance pain relief during surgery and make skin treatment more affordable. Additionally, a prospective future technique for efficient FUS is discussed.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Celine Porte, Thomas Lisson, Matthias Kohlen, Finn von Maltzahn, Stefanie Dencks, Saskia von Stillfried, Marion Piepenbrock, Anne Rix, Anshuman Dasgupta, Patrick Koczera, Peter Boor, Elmar Stickeler, Georg Schmitz, Fabian Kiessling
Summary: This study aimed to refine ULM for breast cancer patients by optimizing the measurement protocol, identifying translational challenges, and combining ULM with shear wave elastography. The results showed that the settings for microbubble injection strongly influence ULM images, requiring optimized protocols for different indications. Patient and examiner motion were identified as the main translational challenges for ULM.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Acoustics
Jocelyne Rivera, Antonia Digklia, Anna S. Christou, James Anibal, Katherine A. Vallis, Bradford J. Wood, Eleanor Stride
Summary: Immunotherapy is a major modality in cancer medicine, but its efficacy is limited and it has potential side effects. Ultrasound and cavitation agents can enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy and stimulate immune responses.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Shyamala Guruvare, Shripad Hebbar, Lakshmi Bai, Padmapriya Jaiprakash, Deepa Reddy, Deepa Hc
Summary: This study assessed the accuracy of 3-D surface rendering of 2-D ultrasound images of the uterus using FMRA software for mapping uterine fibroids compared to pathological evaluation. The results showed good correlation between the two methods in terms of fibroid size and location. Inter-observer analysis also demonstrated reproducibility of measurements from two sonologists using the 3-D model.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Yuting Shen, Jiadong Zhang, Daohuai Jiang, Zijian Gao, Yuwei Zheng, Feng Gao, Fei Gao
Summary: This study proposes a straightforward simulation approach based on superposed Wave (s-Wave) to accelerate photoacoustic simulation. By manipulating the phase and amplitude of sensor data, the computation time is significantly reduced. The results show that s-Wave exhibits a speed improvement >2000 times compared with k-Wave in a sparse system configuration, and in terms of optimization-based image reconstruction, the reconstruction time is reduced by approximately 50 times.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Jason Voorneveld, Johan G. Bosch
Summary: This study assesses the effect of spatial velocity gradients (SVGs) on block matching, and finds that the sinusoidal flow wavelength and SVG angle have significant impact on the bias and precision of block matching.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Kartini Rahmat, Nazimah Ab Mumin, Wei Lin Ng, Nur Aishah Mohd Taib, Wai Yee Chan, Marlina Tanty Ramli Hamid
Summary: This study demonstrates the value of ABUS as an adjunct to DBT in breast screening and diagnosis, with improved cancer detection rates.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Jieyu Hu, Sindre Hellum Olaisen, Erik Smistad, Havard Dalen, Lasse Lovstakken
Summary: This study introduces a fully automated, real-time method for measuring left atrial volume in echocardiography using a neural network to identify key time points and segmentation techniques. The results show that this method provides comparable accuracy to manual measurements while saving time and reducing operator variability, with an average volume difference of 2.9 mL for 2-D and 7.8 mL for 3-D imaging. The application of pseudo-labeling improves the stability of volume curves and the accuracy of end-systole measurement.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Anam Bhatti, Takuro Ishii, Yoshifumi Saijo
Summary: A new protocol for fabricating a microflow phantom with bifurcated geometry at a superficial region was proposed in this study. Ultrasound imaging confirmed the successful creation of the desired flow tract with bifurcation at a depth of 2-5 mm. The experiments demonstrated the validity of the proposed protocol for creating a microscale intricate flow tract with desired dimensions and depth. This new phantom will facilitate further improvement in ultrasound technologies for precise visualization of superficial complex vasculatures.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Nima Mobadersany, Pengcheng Liang, Paul Kemper, Elisa E. Konofagou
Summary: This study describes a technique for manufacturing arterial phantoms using polyvinyl alcohol and evaluates the use of pulse wave imaging (PWI) to assess plaque stiffness. The results show that PWI can distinguish between plaques of different stiffness and composition.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)