Transcranial ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy of brain vasculature in patients
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DOI: 10.1038/s41551-021-00697-x
Abstract: Changes in cerebral blood flow are associated with stroke, aneurysms, vascular cognitive impairment, neurodegenerative diseases and other pathologies. Brain angiograms, typically performed via computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, are limited to millimetre-scale resolution and… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; ultrafast ultrasound; localization microscopy; brain ... See more keywords
Performance benchmarking of microbubble-localization algorithms for ultrasound localization microscopy.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41551-021-00824-8
Abstract: Ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy can be used to detect the subwavelength acoustic scattering of intravenously injected microbubbles to obtain haemodynamic maps of the vasculature of animals and humans. The quality of the haemodynamic maps depends… read more here.
Keywords: localization algorithms; microscopy; ultrasound localization; localization ... See more keywords
Ultrasound localization microscopy to image and assess microvasculature in a rat kidney
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13676-7
Abstract: The recent development of ultrasound localization microscopy, where individual microbubbles (contrast agents) are detected and tracked within the vasculature, provides new opportunities for imaging the vasculature of entire organs with a spatial resolution below the… read more here.
Keywords: rat kidney; ultrasound localization; localization microscopy; microscopy ... See more keywords
Ultrasound localization microscopy of renal tumor xenografts in chicken embryo is correlated to hypoxia
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59338-z
Abstract: Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) permits the reconstruction of super-resolved microvascular images at clinically relevant penetration depths, which can be potentially leveraged to provide non-invasive quantitative measures of tissue hemodynamics and hypoxic status. We demonstrate that… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy renal; microscopy; non invasive; localization microscopy ... See more keywords
Ultrafast Doppler imaging and ultrasound localization microscopy reveal the complexity of vascular rearrangement in chronic spinal lesion
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10250-8
Abstract: Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to severe damage to the microvascular network. The process of spontaneous repair is accompanied by formation of new blood vessels; their functionality, however, presumably very important for functional recovery,… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; ultrasound localization; imaging ultrasound; lesion ... See more keywords
Boosting transducer matrix sensitivity for 3D large field ultrasound localization microscopy using a multi-lens diffracting layer: a simulation study.
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac5f72
Abstract: Mapping blood microflows of the whole brain is crucial for early diagnosis of cerebral diseases. Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) was recently applied to map and quantify blood microflows in 2D in the brain of adult… read more here.
Keywords: sensitivity large; microscopy; localization microscopy; ultrasound localization ... See more keywords
Endoscopic Ultrasound Localization Microscopy for the Evaluation of the Microvasculature of Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors in Rabbits
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DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2022.3170557
Abstract: Objective: The morphological and hemodynamic characterization of the microvascular network around the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can be of significant clinical value for the early diagnosis and treatment of GI tract cancer. Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM)… read more here.
Keywords: localization microscopy; tract; endoscopic ultrasound; microscopy ... See more keywords
Super-Resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Through Deep Learning
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DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2020.3037790
Abstract: Ultrasound localization microscopy has enabled super-resolution vascular imaging through precise localization of individual ultrasound contrast agents (microbubbles) across numerous imaging frames. However, analysis of high-density regions with significant overlaps among the microbubble point spread responses… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; super resolution; localization microscopy; ultrasound localization ... See more keywords
Curvelet Transform-Based Sparsity Promoting Algorithm for Fast Ultrasound Localization Microscopy
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DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2022.3162839
Abstract: Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) based on microbubble (MB) localization was recently introduced to overcome the resolution limit of conventional ultrasound. However, ULM is currently challenged by the requirement for long data acquisition times to accumulate… read more here.
Keywords: localization microscopy; localization; data acquisition; microscopy ... See more keywords
Improved Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Based on Microbubble Uncoupling via Transmit Excitation
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DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2022.3143864
Abstract: Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) demonstrates great potential for visualization of tissue microvasculature at depth with high spatial resolution. The success of ULM heavily depends on robust localization of isolated microbubbles (MBs), which can be challenging… read more here.
Keywords: localization microscopy; localization; mute; microscopy ... See more keywords
Deep Learning-Based Microbubble Localization for Ultrasound Localization Microscopy
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DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2022.3152225
Abstract: Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) is an emerging vascular imaging technique that overcomes the resolution-penetration compromise of ultrasound imaging. Accurate and robust microbubble (MB) localization is essential for successful ULM. In this study, we present a… read more here.
Keywords: localization microscopy; localization; microscopy; ultrasound localization ... See more keywords