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Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) is an emerging technique that employs the localization of echogenic microbubbles (MBs) to finely sample and image the microcirculation beyond the diffraction limit of ultrasound imaging. Conventional…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-27 Sepideh K. Gharamaleki , Brandon Helfield , Hassan Rivaz

High frame rate 3-D ultrasound imaging technology combined with super-resolution processing method can visualize 3-D microvascular structures by overcoming the diffraction limited resolution in every spatial direction. However, 3-D…

Ultrasound images are widespread in medical diagnosis for muscle-skeletal, cardiac, and obstetrical diseases, due to the efficiency and non-invasiveness of the acquisition methodology. However, ultrasound acquisition introduces noise in the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-24 Simone Cammarasana , Paolo Nicolardi , Giuseppe Patanè

Hemodynamic changes occur in stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Developing imaging techniques allowing the in vivo visualization and quantification of cerebral blood flow would help better understand the underlying mechanism of those…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-24 Paul Xing , Vincent Perrot , Adan Ulises Dominguez-Vargas , Stephan Quessy , Numa Dancause , Jean Provost

In Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM), achieving high-resolution images relies on the precise localization of contrast agent particles across a series of beamformed frames. However, our study uncovers an enormous potential: The…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Christopher Hahne , Georges Chabouh , Arthur Chavignon , Olivier Couture , Raphael Sznitman

One primary technical challenge in photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is the necessary compromise between spatial resolution and imaging speed. In this study, we propose a novel application of deep learning principles to reconstruct…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-02 Anthony DiSpirito , Daiwei Li , Tri Vu , Maomao Chen , Dong Zhang , Jianwen Luo , Roarke Horstmeyer , Junjie Yao

Ultrasound imaging faces a trade-off between image quality and hardware complexity caused by dense transducers. Sparse arrays are one popular solution to mitigate this challenge. This work proposes an end-to-end optimization framework that…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Sergio Urrea , Adrian Basarab , Hervé Liebgott , Henry Arguello

Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) has been a promising biomedical imaging technology in recent years. However, the point-by-point scanning mechanism results in low-speed imaging, which limits the application of PAM. Reducing sampling density…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-09 Jiasheng Zhou , Da He , Xiaoyu Shang , Zhendong Guo , Sung-liang Chen , Jiajia Luo

Super-resolution ultrasound via microbubble (MB) localisation and tracking, also known as ultrasound localisation microscopy (ULM), can resolve microvasculature beyond the acoustic diffraction limit. However, significant challenges remain…

We propose a novel deep-learning framework for super-resolution ultrasound images and videos in terms of spatial resolution and line reconstruction. We up-sample the acquired low-resolution image through a vision-based interpolation method;…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-03 Simone Cammarasana , Paolo Nicolardi , Giuseppe Patanè

In portable, 3-D, or ultra-fast ultrasound (US) imaging systems, there is an increasing demand to reconstruct high quality images from limited number of data. However, the existing solutions require either hardware changes or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Yeo Hun Yoon , Jong Chul Ye

Super-resolution ultrasound imaging (SRUS) is an active area of research as it brings up to a ten-fold improvement in the resolution of microvascular structures. The limitations to the clinical adoption of SRUS include long acquisition…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-05 Arthur David Redfern , Katherine G. Brown

Precise anomaly detection in medical images is critical for clinical decision-making. While recent unsupervised or semi-supervised anomaly detection methods trained on large-scale normal data show promising results, they lack fine-grained…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Yue Zhou , Yuan Bi , Wenjuan Tong , Wei Wang , Nassir Navab , Zhongliang Jiang

Health professionals extensively use Two- Dimensional (2D) Ultrasound (US) videos and images to visualize and measure internal organs for various purposes including evaluation of muscle architectural changes. US images can be used to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-01 Alzayat Saleh , Issam H. Laradji , Corey Lammie , David Vazquez , Carol A Flavell , Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi

Ultrasound vascular imaging is limited by acoustic diffraction, restricting visualization of microvessels essential for understanding organ function and disease. Label-free super-resolution methods exploiting endogenous red blood cells have…

Tomographic imaging reveals internal structures of 3D objects and is crucial for medical diagnoses. Visualizing the morphology and appearance of non-planar sparse anatomical structures that extend over multiple 2D slices in tomographic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Leonhard Rist , Pluvio Stephan , Noah Maul , Linda Vorberg , Hendrik Ditt , Michael Sühling , Andreas Maier , Bernhard Egger , Oliver Taubmann

Accurate and efficient catheter segmentation in 3D ultrasound (US) is essential for cardiac intervention. Currently, the state-of-the-art segmentation algorithms are based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which achieved remarkable…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-01 Hongxu Yang , Caifeng Shan , Alexander F. Kolen , Peter H. N. de With

Typical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan may take 20 to 60 minutes. Reducing MRI scan time is beneficial for both patient experience and cost considerations. Accelerated MRI scan may be achieved by acquiring less amount of k-space data…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-15 Pak Lun Kevin Ding , Zhiqiang Li , Yuxiang Zhou , Baoxin Li

Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) has proven effective in resolving microvascular structures and local mean velocities at sub-diffraction-limited scales, offering high-resolution imaging capabilities. Dynamic ULM (DULM) enables the…

We consider deep learning strategies in ultrasound systems, from the front-end to advanced applications. Our goal is to provide the reader with a broad understanding of the possible impact of deep learning methodologies on many aspects of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-30 Ruud JG van Sloun , Regev Cohen , Yonina C Eldar