Displacement tracking techniques in ultrasound elastography: From cross-correlation to deep learning

M Ashikuzzaman, A Héroux, A Tang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound elastography is a noninvasive medical imaging technique that maps viscoelastic
properties to characterize tissues and diseases. Elastography can be divided into two …

Dual-TranSpeckle: Dual-pathway transformer based encoder-decoder network for medical ultrasound image despeckling

Y Chen, Z Guo, J Yuan, X Li, H Yu - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
The majority of existing deep learning-based image denoising algorithms mainly focus on
processing the overall image features, ignoring the fine differences between the semantic …

Alternating direction method of multipliers for displacement estimation in ultrasound strain elastography

M Ashikuzzaman, B Peng, J Jiang, H Rivaz - Medical physics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ultrasound strain imaging, which delineates mechanical properties to detect
tissue abnormalities, involves estimating the time delay between two radio‐frequency (RF) …

Deep learning-based displacement tracking for post-stroke myofascial shear strain quantification

M Ashikuzzaman, J Huang, S Bonwit… - 2024 IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Shear strain measurements derived from ultrasound imaging of tissue displacements have
the potential to be a useful biomarker of muscle health, myofascial stiffness, and associated …

MixTURE: L1-Norm-Based Mixed Second-Order Continuity in Strain Tensor Ultrasound Elastography

M Ashikuzzaman, A Sharma… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy-based displacement tracking of ultrasound images can be implemented by
optimizing a cost function consisting of a data term, a mechanical congruency term, and first …

Two-dimensional displacement estimation using mixed second-order regularization in total variation-based ultrasound elastography

M Ashikuzzaman, H Rivaz… - Medical Imaging 2024 …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A recent technique named Mechanically-inspired L1-norm-based Second-Order Ultrasound
eLastography (L1-MechSOUL) has provided a promising solution to the well-known issue of …

RAFT-USENet: A Unified Network for Accurate Axial and Lateral Motion Estimation in Ultrasound Elastography Imaging

S Majumder, MT Islam, R Righetti - IEEE Journal of Biomedical …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-quality motion estimation is essential in ultrasound elastography (USE) for evaluating
tissue mechanical properties and detecting abnormalities. Traditional methods, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning-based super-resolution acoustic holography for phased transducer array

Q Lu, C Zhong, Q Liu, H Su, S Liu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Acoustic holography (AH) is a technique with significant potential in realms, such as
biomedicine, industry, and augmented reality. The implementation of acoustic holograms …

Integrative Approaches to Soybean Resilience, Productivity, and Utility: A Review of Genomics, Computational Modeling, and Economic Viability

Y Gai, S Liu, Z Zhang, J Wei, H Wang, L Liu, Q Bai… - Plants, 2025 - mdpi.com
Soybean is a vital crop globally and a key source of food, feed, and biofuel. With
advancements in high-throughput technologies, soybeans have become a key target for …

Neural Operator-Based Framework for Time Efficient Denoising of Displacement Fields in Ultrasound Elastography

Y Zhu, B Peng - … Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In ultrasound elastography, the noise present in the measured displacement fields has been
a critical factor affecting the quality of the strain or elastic distribution reconstruction. Existing …