[HTML][HTML] Medical image super-resolution for smart healthcare applications: A comprehensive survey

S Umirzakova, S Ahmad, LU Khan, T Whangbo - Information Fusion, 2024 - Elsevier
The digital transformation in healthcare, propelled by the integration of deep learning
models and the Internet of Things (IoT), is creating unprecedented opportunities for …

Super-resolution ultrasound imaging

K Christensen-Jeffries, O Couture, PA Dayton… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
The majority of exchanges of oxygen and nutrients are performed around vessels smaller
than 100 μm, allowing cells to thrive everywhere in the body. Pathologies such as cancer …

Short acquisition time super-resolution ultrasound microvessel imaging via microbubble separation

C Huang, MR Lowerison, JD Trzasko, A Manduca… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Super-resolution ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM), based on localization and
tracking of individual microbubbles (MBs), offers unprecedented microvascular imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Super-resolution ultrasound microvascular imaging: Is it ready for clinical use?

P Song, JM Rubin, MR Lowerison - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2023 - Elsevier
The field of super-resolution ultrasound microvascular imaging has been rapidly growing
over the past decade. By leveraging contrast microbubbles as point targets for localization …

Deep learning for fast denoising filtering in ultrasound localization microscopy

X Yu, S Luan, S Lei, J Huang, Z Liu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Addition of a denoising filter step in ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) has
been shown to effectively reduce the error localizations of microbubbles (MBs) and achieve …

Ultrasound contrast imaging: Fundamentals and emerging technology

H Yusefi, B Helfield - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The development of microbubble contrast agents has broadened the scope of medical
ultrasound imaging. Along with dedicated imaging techniques, these agents provide …

Transthoracic ultrasound localization microscopy of myocardial vasculature in patients

J Yan, B Huang, J Tonko, M Toulemonde… - Nature biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
Myocardial microvasculature and haemodynamics are indicative of potential microvascular
diseases for patients with symptoms of coronary heart disease in the absence of obstructive …

Super-resolution ultrasound localization microscopy based on a high frame-rate clinical ultrasound scanner: an in-human feasibility study

C Huang, W Zhang, P Gong, UW Lok… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-invasive detection of microvascular alterations in deep tissues in vivo provides critical
information for clinical diagnosis and evaluation of a broad-spectrum of pathologies …

ULTRA-SR challenge: Assessment of ultrasound localization and tracking algorithms for super-resolution imaging

M Lerendegui, K Riemer… - IEEE transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the widespread interest and uptake of super-resolution ultrasound (SRUS) through
localization and tracking of microbubbles, also known as ultrasound localization microscopy …

Measuring image resolution in ultrasound localization microscopy

V Hingot, A Chavignon, B Heiles… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The resolution of an imaging system is usually determined by the width of its point spread
function and is measured using the Rayleigh criterion. For most system, it is in the order of …