Elastography

Methods to Segment Hard Inclusions in Soft Tissue During Autonomous Robotic Palpation

Kirk A. Nichols, Allison M. Okamura

Citations: 76 • 2015

Reaction Force Mapping by 3-Axis Tactile Sensing With Arbitrary Angles for Tissue Hard-Inclusion Localization

Tianliang Li, Anqi Pan, Hongliang Ren

Citations: 54 • 2020

Use of sonographic elastography of the masseter muscles for optimizing massage pressure: a preliminary study

Yoshiko Ariji, Akitoshi Katsumata, Yuichiro Hiraiwa, Masahiro Izumi, Yukihiro Iida, Manabu Goto, Shigemitsu Sakuma, Nobumi Ogi, K. Kurita, Eiichiro Ariji

Citations: 49 • 2009

Autonomous robotic palpation: Machine learning techniques to identify hard inclusions in soft tissues

Kirk A. Nichols, Allison M. Okamura

Citations: 42 • 2013

System for robot-assisted real-time laparoscopic ultrasound elastography

Seth Billings, Nishikant Deshmukh, Hyun‐Jae Kang, Russell H. Taylor, Emad M. Boctor

Citations: 33 • 2012

A Robotic System for Intra-operative Trans-Rectal Ultrasound and Ultrasound Elastography in Radical Prostatectomy

Troy K. Adebar, Septimiu E. Salcudean, S. Sara Mahdavi, Mehdi Moradi, Christopher Nguan, Larry Goldenberg

Citations: 30 • 2011

Remote Ultrasound Palpation for Robotic Interventions Using Absolute Elastography

Caitlin Schneider, Ali Baghani, Robert Rohling, Septimiu E. Salcudean

Citations: 28 • 2012

Anisotropic Tissue Motion Induced by Acupuncture Needling Along Intermuscular Connective Tissue Planes

James R. Fox, Weili Gray, Cathryn Koptiuch, Gary J. Badger, Hélène M. Langevin

Citations: 24 • 2014

Online Image-based Monitoring of Soft-tissue Displacements for Radiation Therapy of the Prostate

J Schlosser, Kenneth Salisbury, Dimitre Hristov

Citations: 21 • 2012

Hybrid Force/Velocity Control “With Compliance Estimation via Strain Elastography for Robot Assisted Ultrasound Screening

Michael E. Napoli, Christian Freitas, Soumya Goswami, Stephen A. McAleavey, Marvin M. Doyley, Thomas M. Howard

Citations: 21 • 2018

A 3D-elastography-guided system for laparoscopic partial nephrectomies

Philipp J. Stolka, Matthias S. Keil, Georgios Sakas, Elliot R. McVeigh, Mohamad E. Allaf, Russell H. Taylor, Emad M. Boctor

Citations: 20 • 2010

Development of a Robotic Shear Wave Elastography System for Noninvasive Staging of Liver Disease in Murine Models

Tomasz J. Czernuszewicz, Adam M. Aji, Christopher J. Moore, Stephanie A. Montgomery, Brian Velasco, Gabriela Torres, Keerthi S. Anand, Kennita A. Johnson, Allison M. Deal, Dženan Zukić, Matthew McCormick, Bernd Schnabl, Caterina M. Gallippi, Paul A. Dayton, Ryan C. Gessner

Citations: 16 • 2022

Target motion predictions for pre-operative planning during needle-based interventions

Jorn op den Buijs, Momen Abayazid, Chris L. de Korte, Sarthak Misra

Citations: 16 • 2011

In Situ Mechanical Characterization of Multilayer Soft Tissue Using Ultrasound Imaging

Saurabh Dargar, Ali C. Akyildiz, Suvranu De

Citations: 16 • 2016

Automatic palpation for quantitative ultrasound elastography by visual servoing and force control

Pedro A. Patlan-Rosales, Alexandre Krupa

Citations: 13 • 2016

Optical force estimation for interactions between tool and soft tissues

Maximilian Neidhardt, Robin Mieling, Marcel Bengs, Alexander Schlaefer

Citations: 12 • 2023

Quantitative stiffness assessment of cardiac grafts using ultrasound in a porcine model: A tissue biomarker for heart transplantation

Olivier Pedreira, Clément Papadacci, Lionel Augeul, Joseph Loufouat, Mégane Lo-Grasso, Mickaël Tanter, René Ferrera, Mathieu Pernot

Citations: 11 • 2022

Ultrasound elastography as a tool for imaging guidance during prostatectomy: Initial experience

Ioana Fleming, Carmen Kut, Katarzyna J. Macura, Li‐Ming Su, Hassan Rivaz, Caitlin Schneider, Ulrike M. Hamper, Tamara L. Lotan, Russ Taylor, Gregory D. Hager, Emad M. Boctor

Citations: 11 • 2012

Force-controlled ultrasound robot for consistent tissue pre-loading: Implications for acoustic radiation force elasticity imaging

Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell, H. Tutkun Şen, Iulian Iordachita, Peter Kazanzides

Citations: 11 • 2014

3-D Ultrasound Elastography Reconstruction Using Acoustically Transparent Pressure Sensor on Robotic Arm

Vincent Groenhuis, Anton V. Nikolaev, Saskia H. G. Nies, Marcel K. Welleweerd, Leon de Jong, Hendrik H.G. Hansen, Françoise J. Siepel, Chris L. de Korte, Stefano Stramigioli

Citations: 10 • 2020