2024
Coordinate-Independent 3-D Ultrasound Principal Stretch and Direction Imaging
Jeng G, Chen P, Hsieh M, Liu Z, Langdon J, Ahn S, Staib L, Stendahl J, Thorn S, Sinusas A, Duncan J, O'Donnell M. Coordinate-Independent 3-D Ultrasound Principal Stretch and Direction Imaging. IEEE Transactions On Biomedical Engineering 2024, 71: 3312-3323. PMID: 38941195, DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2024.3420220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrincipal stretchesAxial displacement componentsSpeckle tracking methodSpeckle tracking approachTracking methodRobust filterDisplacement componentsTissue incompressibilityDisplacement estimationStrain componentsDisplacement gradientsStrain informationLocalized diseased regionStrain imagingLagrangian strainLeast-squares methodTracking approachTracking frameworkCoordinate systemCardiac coordinate systemProbe orientationFilterHigher spatial resolutionCardiac datasetsEnhanced accuracy
2010
3D elasticity imaging using principal stretches on an open-chest dog heart
Jia C, Yan P, Sinusas A, Dione D, Lin B, Wei Q, Thiele K, Kolias J, Rubin J, Huang L, Duncan J, O'Donnell M. 3D elasticity imaging using principal stretches on an open-chest dog heart. 2010, 583-586. DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2010.5935864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrincipal stretchesUltrasound strain imagingLow-dimensional methodThree-dimensional motionCauchy deformation tensorAxial directionRadial directionDeformation tensorLongitudinal directionUltrasound strainSmall waterHeart motionTracking algorithmPrincipal directionsCommercial 2DProbe positionTracking resultsProbe orientationStrain imagingDimensional methodDisplacementCommercial 3D scannerElasticityTrackingZenithal direction