Multiparametric ultrasound imaging for early‐stage steatosis: Comparison with magnetic resonance imaging‐based proton density fat fraction

J Baek, L Basavarajappa, R Margolis, L Arthur… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The prevalence of liver diseases, especially steatosis, requires a more
convenient and noninvasive tool for liver diagnosis, which can be a surrogate for the gold …

Disease-specific imaging utilizing support vector machine classification of H-scan parameters: assessment of steatosis in a rat model

J Baek, L Basavarajappa, K Hoyt… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In medical imaging, quantitative measurements have shown promise in identifying diseases
by classifying normal versus pathological parameters from tissues. The support vector …

H‐scan trajectories indicate the progression of specific diseases

J Baek, KJ Parker - Medical Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The ability of ultrasound to assess pathology is increasing with the development of
quantitative parameters. Among these are a set of parameters derived from the recent H …

Can carbonation depth be measured in a nondestructive way? High-frequency quantitative ultrasound imaging for cement paste

S Baek, HK Kim, ML Oelze, G Kim - Cement and Concrete Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Determining the carbonation depth is of paramount importance in assessing the durability of
cementitious materials as the carbonation process alters their near-surface physicochemical …

Novel Quantitative Liver Steatosis Assessment Method With Ultrasound Harmonic Imaging

P Gong, J Zhang, C Huang, UW Lok… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most
prevalent liver disorder in Western countries, with approximately 20%–30% of the MASLD …

Simultaneous grading diagnosis of liver fibrosis, inflammation, and steatosis using multimodal quantitative ultrasound and artificial intelligence framework

X Wei, Y Wang, L Wang, M Gao, Q He, Y Zhang… - Medical & Biological …, 2024 - Springer
Noninvasive, accurate, and simultaneous grading of liver fibrosis, inflammation, and
steatosis is valuable for reversing the progression and improving the prognosis quality of …

Ultrasound attenuation imaging as a strategy for evaluation of early and late ambulatory functions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

D Yan, Q Li, YW Chuang, CH Lu, AP Yang… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic neuromuscular disorder that
leads to mobility loss and life‐threatening cardiac or respiratory complications. Quantitative …

Contrast-Enhanced Sonography of the Liver: How to Avoid Artifacts

H Naganuma, H Ishida, H Nagai, A Uno - Diagnostics, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Contrast-enhanced sonography (CEUS) is a very important diagnostic imaging tool in
clinical settings. However, it is associated with possible artifacts, such as B-mode US-related …

Noise suppression for ultrasound attenuation coefficient estimation based on spectrum normalization

P Gong, P Song, C Huang, UW Lok… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound attenuation coefficient estimation (ACE) has great diagnostic potential for fatty
liver detection and assessment. In a previous study, we proposed a reference phantom-free …

Noninvasive, quantitative evaluation of hepatic steatosis of donor livers by reference frequency method: A preliminary study

J **, P Gong, Q Yang, D Hui, H Zhang, C Qiu… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Evaluating degree of hepatic steatosis is of great value for prognosis of liver
transplantation. There is an urgent need for a non-invasive method to assess hepatic …