Ultrasound images contain strong speckle noise and attenuation artifacts such as intensity inhomogeneity which makes the segmentation process challenging. In this paper, two segmentation algorithms have been studied and analyzed. First method is multiplicative intrinsic component optimization (MICO) algorithm which is based on the minimization of bias fields. It decomposes the ultrasound images...

Detection of Low Frequency (around 40kHz) Ultrasound is a powerful method for maintenance inspection of plant and machinery. Many failure conditions give early indication by the production of ultrasound. These include pressure leaks, electrical discharge and deterioration of bearings and other machinery. Leakage of compressed air has become a particular issue recently with the promotion of ener...

This paper presents a new robotic mechanism for ultrasound imaging. The device is placed on a patient's body by an operator, and an ultrasound expert controls the motions of the device to obtain ultrasound images. The paper focuses on the robotic mechanism that performs ultrasound imaging. The design of the mechanism is based on two approaches to produce center of motion for an ultrasound probe...

OBJECTIVE Various energy delivery systems have been utilized to treat superficial rhytids in the aging face. The Intense Ultrasound System (IUS) is a novel modality capable of transcutaneously delivering controlled thermal energy at various depths while sparing the overlying tissues. The purpose of this feasibility study was to evaluate the response of porcine tissues to various IUS energy sour...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare phacoemulsification energy parameters during torsional phacoemulsification with or without the use of intelligent phacoemulsification (IP) software. METHODS One hundred and twenty-eight eyes with nuclear grades ranging from 1 to 5 were enrolled in this randomized prospective study. Operated eyes were divided into two groups, ie, those operat...

Ultrasound imaging, one of the common diagnosis techniques, is frequently used since it safe, cost-efficient technique and real-time imaging can be conducted. However, various organs tissues reflect ultrasonic waves, which leads to difficulty in small biomolecules a low spatial resolution for deep-tissue images. As such, there have been significant advances photonics optical molecular probes re...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that quantitative ultrasound properties of the calcaneus in Southeast Asian children treated for thalassemia have different characteristics than those of their healthy counterparts and thereby can be used for assessing the risk of osteoporosis. METHODS Broadband ultrasound attenuation and the speed of sound were measured from gro...

To increase the survival rates of patients with breast cancer, an ultrasound imaging system must detect tumors when they are small, with a diameter of 5 mm or less. This requires an understanding of how propagation of ultrasound energy is affected by the complex structure of the breast. In this paper, a Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method is developed to simulate ultrasound propagation ...

The potential of ultrasound-assisted technology has been demonstrated by several laboratory scale studies. However, their successful industrial scaling-up is still a challenge due to the limited pilot and commercial sonochemical reactors. In this work, a pilot reactor for laccase-hydrogen peroxide cotton bleaching assisted by ultrasound was scaled-up. For this purpose, an existing dyeing machin...

Medical images are often deteriorated by noise due to various sources of interferences and other phenomena that affect the measurement processes in an imaging and acquisition system. Speckle noise is a random mottling of the image with bright and dark spots, which obscures fine details and degrades the detectability of low-contrast lesions. Speckle noise occurrence is often undesirable, since i...