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
2020
Unsupervised motion tracking of left ventricle in echocardiography
Ahn SS, Ta K, Lu A, Stendahl JC, Sinusas AJ, Duncan JS. Unsupervised motion tracking of left ventricle in echocardiography. Proceedings Of SPIE--the International Society For Optical Engineering 2020, 11319: 113190z-113190z-7. PMID: 32994659, PMCID: PMC7521020, DOI: 10.1117/12.2549572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMotion trackingGround truth displacement fieldsConvolutional neural networkAccurate motion trackingDense displacement fieldB-mode echocardiography imagesU-NetNeural networkTracking frameworkNon-rigid registration algorithmTarget imageRegistration algorithmTarget frameSource frameAlgorithmEchocardiography imagesFavorable performanceDatasetImagesTrackingDisplacement estimationLarge amountEchocardiographic imagesSegmentationNetwork