Ultrasound can be considered as a disruptive technology in the medical device arena (Christensen, 2003). A disruptive technology has the potential to break the rules of existing markets. Thanks to its real time capabilities, its non ionizing properties and its cost much lower than any other medical modality ultrasound has significantly impacted clinical segments within radiology, obstetrics, va...

Two-dimensional viewing of three-dimensional anatomy by conventional ultrasound limits our ability to quantify and visualize a number of diseases and is partly responsible for the reported variability in diagnosis. Over the past two decades, many investigators have addressed this limitation by developing three-dimensional imaging techniques, including three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. In th...

Recent developments of new medical treatment techniques put challenging demands on ultrasound imaging systems in terms of both image quality and raw data size. Traditional sampling methods result in very large amounts of data, thus, increasing demands on processing hardware and limiting the flexibility in the postprocessing stages. In this paper, we apply Compressed Sensing (CS) techniques to a...

The paper describes the use of synthetic aperture (SA) imaging in medical ultrasound. SA imaging is a radical break with today's commercial systems, where the image is acquired sequentially one image line at a time. This puts a strict limit on the frame rate and the possibility of acquiring a sufficient amount of data for high precision flow estimation. These constrictions can be lifted by empl...

BACKGROUND Non-ionizing radiation imaging assessment has been advocated for the patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). As one of the radiation-free methods, ultrasound imaging has gained growing attention in scoliosis assessment over the past decade. The center of laminae (COL) method has been proposed to measure the spinal curvature in the coronal plane of ultrasound image. Howev...

Previously, pulsed magneto-motive ultrasound (pMMUS) imaging has been introduced as a contrast-agent-assisted ultrasound-based imaging modality capable of visualizing biological events at the cellular and molecular level. In pMMUS imaging, a high intensity pulsed magnetic field is used to excite cells or tissue labeled with magnetic nanoparticles. Then, ultrasound (US) imaging is used to monito...

QUESTIONS Is rehabilitative ultrasound imaging a valid measure of trunk muscle size and activation? Are rehabilitative ultrasound imaging measures sensitive to change? DESIGN Systematic review of studies of criterion-related validity, construct validity, and sensitivity to change. PARTICIPANTS People with low back pain and asymptomatic controls. OUTCOME MEASURE Trunk muscle size and activ...

Clinical applications of ultrasound .................................................. 62 Scanning schedule in clinical practice ......................................... 66 Ultrasound in the assessment of fetal well-being ................ 66 Ultrasound and invasive procedures ............................................. 72 Summary of the aims of obstetric ultrasound ......................... ...

ID: 14419 Title: Multi-modality Breast Imaging Systems: Tomo/Ultrasound/Optics, Ultrasound Multimodality Breast Imaging Systems: Tomo/Ultrasound/Optics, Ultrasound/Other Automated 3D ultrasound is being developed extensively to make screening for breast cancer more practical within the US and other medical communities. Ultrasound is sensitive to certain cancers that are not well detected by mam...

osteomyelitis in childhood can be a challenging diagnosis. imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis in children, and the imaging findings are crucial in the treatment decision. pediatric hematogenous osteomyelitis may have variable radiological expression, which is influenced by the age and condition of the patient, the virulence of the causative agent, the stage of the...