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We demonstrate a multi-beam scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) imaging that integrates down-sampling with super-resolution image reconstruction via a compressive sensing framework. A custom condenser aperture with six randomly…

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Transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS) holds promise for non-invasive neural modulation in treating neurological disorders. Most clinically relevant targets are deep within the brain (near or at its geometric center), surrounded…

Several applications of medical ultrasound can benefit from a larger field of view (FOV). This study is aimed at increasing the FOV of linear array probes by increasing the element width. Coupled elements were used to imitate a larger…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Mick Gardner , Rita J. Miller , Michael L. Oelze

Digital stiffness programmability is fulfilled with a heterogeneous mechanical metamaterial. The prototype consists of an elastomer matrix containing tessellations of diamond shaped cavities selectively confined with semi-rigid plastic beam…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-08-13 H. Tao , F. Danzi , C. E. Silva , J. M. Gibert

We propose a three-dimensional (3D) multimodal medical imaging system that combines freehand ultrasound and structured light 3D reconstruction in a single coordinate system without requiring registration. To the best of our knowledge, these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Jhacson Meza , Sonia H. Contreras-Ortiz , Lenny A. Romero , Andres G. Marrugo

A 2D Compact ultrasound computerized tomography (UCT) system is developed. Fully automatic post processing tools involving signal and image processing are developed as well. Square of the amplitude values are used in transmission mode with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-10 Ankur Kumar , Prasunika Khare , Mayank Goswami

We presented an acoustic 'meta-atom' model of hollow steel tube (HST). The simulated and experimental results demonstrated that the resonant frequency is closely related to the length of the HST. Based on the HST model, we fabricated a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Huaijun Chen , Hongcheng Zeng , Changlin Ding , Chunrong Luo , Xiaopeng Zhao

In an ultrasonic array system, increasing the aperture size to achieve a high resolution requires more transmit and receive channels, thus making it essential to have an analysis technique that can reconstruct the shape and physical…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-21 Kai Yabumoto , Takayoshi Yumii , Kenjiro Kimura

Frame rate is a crucial consideration in cardiac ultrasound imaging and 3D sonography. Several methods have been proposed in the medical ultrasound literature aiming at accelerating the image acquisition. In this paper, we consider one such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Sanketh Vedula , Ortal Senouf , Grigoriy Zurakhov , Alex M. Bronstein , Michael Zibulevsky , Oleg Michailovich , Dan Adam , Diana Gaitini

Ultrasound Strain Elastography (USE) is a powerful non-invasive imaging technique for assessing tissue mechanical properties, offering crucial diagnostic value across diverse clinical applications. However, its clinical application remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Shourov Joarder , Tushar Talukder Showrav , Md. Kamrul Hasan

Ultrasound (US) imaging is better suited for intraoperative settings because it is real-time and more portable than other imaging techniques, such as mammography. However, US images are characterized by lower spatial resolution noise-like…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-11 Sahar Almahfouz Nasser , Ashutosh Sharma , Anmol Saraf , Amruta Mahendra Parulekar , Purvi Haria , Amit Sethi

Execution of Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS) for accurate measurement of elastic constants lies primarily on a perfect matching in the calculated and measured mode frequencies of free vibration. Calculation of these frequencies…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-02-27 Barnana Pal

Accurate and efficient simulation of wave equations is crucial in computational wave imaging applications, such as ultrasound computed tomography (USCT), which reconstructs tissue material properties from observed scattered waves.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Zhijun Zeng , Youjia Zheng , Hao Hu , Zeyuan Dong , Yihang Zheng , Xinliang Liu , Jinzhuo Wang , Zuoqiang Shi , Linfeng Zhang , Yubing Li , He Sun

Accurate segmentation of anatomical structures in ultrasound (US) images, particularly small ones, is challenging due to noise and variability in imaging conditions (e.g., probe position, patient anatomy, tissue characteristics and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-11 Danielle L. Ferreira , Ahana Gangopadhyay , Hsi-Ming Chang , Ravi Soni , Gopal Avinash

Ultrasound elastography is the method to image the elasticity of compliant tissues due to a mechanical compression applied to it. In elastography, the local strain of explored tissue is estimated by analyzing the echo signals. This is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-14 Irteza Enan Kabir

Ventilated acoustic silencers combing sound attenuation with high ventilation are pivotal for advanced noise control. However, balancing attenuation, bandwidth, openness, and thickness remains a high-dimensional challenge. Here, we report a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Zhiwei Yang , Mengyu Li , Xiaohang Xie , Ao Chen , Thomas G. Bifano , Xin Zhang

Background and Objective: Computational ultrasound imaging has become a well-established methodology in the ultrasound community. Simulations of ultrasound sequences and images allow the study of innovative techniques in terms of emission…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-03-08 Damien Garcia

Optoacoustic image formation is conventionally based upon ultrasound time-of-flight readings from multiple detection positions. Herein, we exploit acoustic scattering to physically encode the position of optical absorbers in the acquired…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-10-30 Xose Luis Dean-Ben , Ali Ozbek , Hernan Lopez-Schier , Daniel Razansky

Four-dimensional Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (4D-STEM) is a powerful technique for high-resolution and high-precision materials characterization at multiple length scales, including the characterization of beam-sensitive…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-08-11 Hsu-Chih Ni , Renliang Yuan , Jiong Zhang , Jian-Min Zuo

The elastic behavior of materials is of critical importance for the design, fabrication, and testing of industrial and structural components. The ease with which the wave angle of incidence can be varied makes ultrasonic techniques well…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-14 Diego Cowes , Juan I. Mieza , MArtín P. Gómez