Computer-Assisted Algorithms for Ultrasound Imaging Systems

R, Bharath and P, Rajalakshmi (2018) Computer-Assisted Algorithms for Ultrasound Imaging Systems. PhD thesis, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.

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Abstract

Ultrasound imaging works on the principle of transmitting ultrasound waves into the body and reconstructs the images of internal organs based on the strength of the echoes. Ultrasound imaging is considered to be safer, economical and can image the organs in real-time, which makes it widely used diagnostic imaging modality in health-care. Ultrasound imaging covers the broad spectrum of medical diagnostics; these include diagnosis of kidney, liver, pancreas, fetal monitoring, etc. Currently, the diagnosis through ultrasound scanning is clinic-centered, and the patients who are in need of ultrasound scanning has to visit the hospitals for getting the diagnosis. The services of an ultrasound system are constrained to hospitals and did not translate to its potential in remote health-care and point-of-care diagnostics due to its high form factor, shortage of sonographers, low signal to noise ratio, high diagnostic subjectivity, etc. In this thesis, we address these issues with an objective of making ultrasound imaging more reliable to use in point-of-care and remote health-care applications. To achieve the goal, we propose (i) computer-assisted algorithms to improve diagnostic accuracy and assist semi-skilled persons in scanning, (ii) speckle suppression algorithms to improve the diagnostic quality of ultrasound image, (iii) a reliable telesonography framework to address the shortage of sonographers, and (iv) a programmable portable ultrasound scanner to operate in point-of-care and remote health-care applications.

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P, RajalakshmiUNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ultrasound Imaging, Computer-aided Diagnostics, Point of care, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver, Portable ultrasound Scanner
Subjects: Electrical Engineering
Divisions: Department of Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Team Library
Date Deposited: 20 Jul 2018 10:58
Last Modified: 21 Sep 2019 06:02
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/4296
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