Development of an ultrasonic device to image the hardness of tissues is important for a cancer diagnosis. Conventional methods cannot precisely measure the size of object, because the sound speed of an object is unknown. We propose a fuzzy inference system for ultrasonic imaging based on the velocity of materials. This method consists of three stages. In the first stage, the surface of the obje...

In diagnosis of diseases Ultrasonic devices are frequently used by healthcare professionals. The main problem during diagnosis is the distortion of visual signals obtained which is due to the consequence of the coherent of nature of the wave transmitted. These distortions are termed as ‘Speckle Noise’. The present study focuses on proposing a technique to reduce speckle noise from ultrasonic de...

Vibration signals are important state parameters for mechanical equipments’ status monitoring and fault diagnosis. In this paper, in order to overcome the limitations of the traditional vibration measurement med1ods and instrument, a new non-contacting vibration method based on ultrasonic for vibration detection in special environment was presented. The mainly researched in this paper were the ...

Early diagnosis of kidney allograft injury contributes to proper decisions regarding treatment strategy and promotes the long-term survival of both the recipients and the allografts. Although biopsy remains the gold standard, non-invasive methods of kidney allograft evaluation are required for clinical practice. Recently, novel ultrasonic technologies have been applied in the evaluation and dia...

Small vibrations are simultaneously measured at two adjacent points on the aortic wall near the aortic valve by electronically alternating the directions of the ultrasonic beam. The transit delay time of the pulse wave between these two points is determined from two vibration signals obtained by this alternation beam method. The local pulse wave velocity at several millimeters on the aorta is p...

In the last decade, ultrasonic imaging systems have been an essential tool for diagnosis in medical and industrial applications, especially in the Non Destructive Testing area (NDT). Conventional ultrasonic imaging devices produce high quality images with good resolution and contrast. However, these machines are usually associated to a high cost in hardware resources, as well as in the time req...

A new ultrasonic periodontal probe has been developed that offers the potential for earlier detection of periodontal disease activity, non-invasive diagnosis, and greater reliability of measurement. A comparison study of the ultrasonic probe to both a manual probe, and a controlled-force probe was conducted to evaluate its clinical effectiveness. Twelve patients enrolled into this study. Two ha...

Shear wave elasticity imaging (SWEI) is a new approach to imaging and characterizing tissue structures based on the use of shear acoustic waves remotely induced by the radiation force of a focused ultrasonic beam. SWEI provides the physician with a virtual "finger" to probe the elasticity of the internal regions of the body. In SWEI, compared to other approaches in elasticity imaging, the induc...

RATIONALE Sarcomatous or anaplastic carcinoma mural nodules presenting in ovarian mucinous cystic tumors are very rare. Here, we reported the ultrasonic and pathological features of 2 such cases. PATIENT CONCERNS A 60-year-old woman presented with a complaint of lower abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed a hard, palpable mass in her right lower abdomen with mild tenderness. In additi...

To determine whether collagen content may be a determinant of the ultrasonic attenuation and backscatter in myocardium and to identify factors in the measurement of the backscatter coefficient needed for ultrasonic characterization of myocardium in vivo, two series of experiments were conducted. In the first series, the ultrasonic attenuation was measured from 110 regions in 18 dogs studied 2, ...