IEEE Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Freq Control
- Table of Contentson April 22, 2025 at 1:17 pm
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- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Publication Informationon April 22, 2025 at 1:17 pm
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- Front Coveron April 22, 2025 at 1:17 pm
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Intraosseous ultrasound imaging is valuable for guiding pedicle screw placement in surgery. However, single-frequency ultrasound, whether low or high, often fails to provide both adequate imaging resolution and depth simultaneously. To address this limitation, we introduce a novel ultrafast multi-frequency ultrasound patch fusion imaging method for pedicle screw navigation. This approach combines […]
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- Temperature-Stable High-Power Properties of (K, Na)NbO3-Based Piezoelectric Ceramicson February 27, 2025 at 1:17 pm
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- Super-Resolution Ultrasound: From Data Acquisition and Motion Correction to Localization, Tracking, and Evaluationon February 25, 2025 at 1:17 pm
Super-resolution ultrasound (SRUS) imaging through localizing and tracking microbubbles (MBs), also known as ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM), has achieved unprecedented resolution in deep tissue in vivo. In this review, we will focus on the key technical steps of ULM, including data acquisition and tissue clutter removal, motion correction, localization, tracking, and final image […]
- Tissue Clutter Filtering Methods in Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Based on Complex-Valued Networks and Knowledge Distillationon February 24, 2025 at 1:17 pm
Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) is a blood flow imaging technique that utilizes micrometer-sized microbubbles (MBs) as contrast agents to achieve high-resolution microvessel reconstruction through precise localization and tracking of MBs. The accuracy of MB localization is critical for producing high-quality images, which makes tissue clutter filtering an essential step in ULM. Recent […]
- Study on Loss Mechanisms in SAW Resonators Using 42-LT Thin Plate by Full-3-D FEM With Hierarchical Cascading Techniqueon February 19, 2025 at 1:20 pm
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- Advancing Single-Plane Wave Ultrasound Imaging With Implicit Multiangle Acoustic Synthesis via Deep Learningon February 13, 2025 at 1:18 pm
Plane wave imaging (PWI) is pivotal in medical ultrasound (US), prized for its ultrafast capabilities essential for real-time physiological monitoring. Traditionally, enhancing image quality in PWI has necessitated an increase in the number of plane waves (PWs), unfortunately compromising its hallmark high frame rates. To fully leverage the frame rate advantage of PWI, existing […]