Muscle ultrasound: Present state and future opportunities

J Wijntjes, N van Alfen - Muscle & nerve, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Muscle ultrasound is a valuable addition to the neuromuscular toolkit in both the clinic and
research settings, with proven value and reliability. However, it is currently not fulfilling its full …

[HTML][HTML] Screening, diagnosis and monitoring of sarcopenia: when to use which tool?

LLGC Ackermans, J Rabou, M Basrai… - Clinical Nutrition …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & aims Sarcopenia is a muscle disorder associated with loss of muscle mass,
strength and function. Early screening, diagnosis and treatment may improve outcome in …

Automated localization and segmentation techniques for B-mode ultrasound images: A review

KM Meiburger, UR Acharya, F Molinari - Computers in biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

Automated diagnosis of myositis from muscle ultrasound: Exploring the use of machine learning and deep learning methods

P Burlina, S Billings, N Joshi, J Albayda - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective To evaluate the use of ultrasound coupled with machine learning (ML) and deep
learning (DL) techniques for automated or semi-automated classification of myositis …

MRI and muscle imaging for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

S Malartre, D Bachasson, G Mercy, E Sarkis… - Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of diseases
nearly all patients display muscle inflammation. Originally, muscle biopsy was considered as …

Muscle composition analysis of ultrasound images: a narrative review of texture analysis

MT Paris, M Mourtzakis - Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle composition, often characterized by the degree of intramuscular adipose
tissue, deteriorates with aging and disease and contributes to impairments in function and …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum using ultrasound texture feature fusion and machine learning

D Young, N Khan, SR Hobson, D Sussman - Computers in Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is an obstetric disorder arising from the
abnormal adherence of the placenta to the uterine wall, often leading to life-threatening …

Artificial intelligence in musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging

YR Shin, J Yang, YH Lee, S Kim - Ultrasonography, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ultrasonography (US) is noninvasive and offers real-time, low-cost, and portable imaging
that facilitates the rapid and dynamic assessment of musculoskeletal components …

Muscle cross-sectional area segmentation in transverse ultrasound images using vision transformers

S Katakis, N Barotsis, A Kakotaritis, P Tsiganos… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Automatically measuring a muscle's cross-sectional area is an important application in
clinical practice that has been studied extensively in recent years for its ability to assess …

Neuromuscular ultrasound: clinical applications and diagnostic values

JK Mah, N van Alfen - Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2018 - cambridge.org
Advances in high-resolution ultrasound have provided clinicians with unique opportunities
to study diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Ultrasound complements the clinical …