Combining total variation regularization with window-based time delay estimation in ultrasound elastography

M Mirzaei, A Asif, H Rivaz - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A major challenge of free-hand palpation ultrasound elastography (USE) is estimating the
displacement of RF samples between pre-and post-compressed RF data. The problem of …

Virtual source synthetic aperture for accurate lateral displacement estimation in ultrasound elastography

M Mirzaei, A Asif, H Rivaz - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound elastography (USE) is an emerging noninvasive imaging technique in which
pathological alterations can be visualized by revealing the mechanical properties of the …

Detection and monitoring of thermal lesions induced by microwave ablation using ultrasound imaging and convolutional neural networks

S Zhang, S Wu, S Shang, X Qin, X Jia… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave ablation (MWA) for cancer treatment is frequently monitored by ultrasound (US) B-
mode imaging in the clinic, which often fails due to the low intrinsic contrast between the …

In vivo ultrasound thermal ablation control using echo decorrelation imaging in rabbit liver and VX2 tumor

MA Abbass, SA Ahmad, N Mahalingam… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The utility of echo decorrelation imaging feedback for real-time control of in vivo ultrasound
thermal ablation was assessed in rabbit liver with VX2 tumor. High-intensity focused …

In vivo monitoring of microwave ablation in a porcine model using ultrasonic differential attenuation coefficient intercept imaging

S Zhang, R Xu, S Shang, Y Han, S Liu… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, the feasibility of using ultrasonic differential attenuation coefficient intercept
(Δα0) imaging to evaluate thermal lesions induced by microwave ablation (MWA) was …

[HTML][HTML] RPCA-Based thermoacoustic imaging for microwave ablation monitoring

F Wang, Z Yang, W Peng, L Song, Y Luo, Z Zhao… - Photoacoustics, 2024 - Elsevier
Microwave ablation (MWA) is a potent cancer treatment tool, but its effectiveness can be
hindered by the lack of visual feedback. This paper validates the feasibility of using …

TDOA-based microwave imaging algorithm for real-time microwave ablation monitoring

S Kidera, LM Neira, BD Van Veen… - International Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Microwave ablation is widely recognized as a promising minimally invasive tool for treating
cancer. Real-time monitoring of the dimensions of the ablation zone is indispensable for …

Accurate and precise time-delay estimation for ultrasound elastography with prebeamformed channel data

M Mirzaei, A Asif, H Rivaz - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Free-hand palpation ultrasound elastography is a noninvasive approach for detecting
pathological alteration in tissue. In this method, the tissue is compressed by a handheld …

Optimized echo decorrelation imaging feedback for bulk ultrasound ablation control

MA Abbass, AJ Garbo, N Mahalingam… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Feasibility of controlling bulk ultrasound (US) thermal ablation using echo decorrelation
imaging was investigated in ex vivo bovine liver. The first of two ablation and control …

Scatterer spacing based on Gabor atoms matched from harmonic ultrasound echoes to improve assessment of microwave‐induced thermal lesions

X Zeng, Y Zhang, Z Li, J Yang, L Gao… - Medical Physics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Microwave ablation (MWA) is a minimally invasive alternative for the treatment
of unresectable liver tumors. To verify the effectiveness and safety of MWA, it is critical to …