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List of works by Kathryn R. Nightingale

3D shear wave imaging of anisotropic mechanical properties of muscle using a 2D matrix array transducer

A finite-element method model of soft tissue response to impulsive acoustic radiation force

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A parallel tracking method for acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

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Accounting for the Spatial Observation Window in the 2-D Fourier Transform Analysis of Shear Wave Attenuation

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Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) imaging-based needle visualization.

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Acoustic radiation force elasticity imaging in diagnostic ultrasound

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Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging of the gastrointestinal tract

scientific article published in April 2005

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of human prostates ex vivo

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Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of human prostates: initial in vivo demonstration.

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Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of in vivo vastus medialis muscle under varying isometric load

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of myocardial radiofrequency ablation: initial in vivo results.

scientific article published in April 2005

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of the abdomen: demonstration of feasibility and utility

scientific article published in September 2005

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of the mechanical properties of arteries: in vivo and ex vivo results

scientific article published in September 2004

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of thermally- and chemically-induced lesions in soft tissues: preliminary ex vivo results

scientific article published in March 2004

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: in vivo demonstration of clinical feasibility

scientific article published in February 2002

Acoustic radiation force-based elasticity imaging methods

scientific article published on June 8, 2011

Acoustic radiation force-driven assessment of myocardial elasticity using the displacement ratio rate (DRR) method.

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An analytic, Fourier domain description of shear wave propagation in a viscoelastic medium using asymmetric Gaussian sources

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An integrated indenter-ARFI imaging system for tissue stiffness quantification.

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Analysis of contrast in images generated with transient acoustic radiation force.

scientific article published in January 2006

Analysis of multiple shear wave modes in a nonlinear soft solid: Experiments and finite element simulations with a tilted acoustic radiation force

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Analysis of rapid multi-focal-zone ARFI imaging.

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Analyzing the Impact of Increasing Mechanical Index and Energy Deposition on Shear Wave Speed Reconstruction in Human Liver

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B-mode and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging of prostate zonal anatomy: comparison with 3T T2-weighted MR imaging.

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BSS-based filtering of physiological and ARFI-induced tissue and blood motion

scientific article published in November 2003

Bayesian shear wave speed estimation for in vivo 3D imaging of the prostate

Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption using a diagnostic ultrasound scanner and Definity in Mice

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Characterization of Viscoelastic Materials Using Group Shear Wave Speeds

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Characterizing acoustic attenuation of homogeneous media using focused impulsive acoustic radiation force.

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Characterizing expansion and stiffening of the canine liver with increasing hepatic pressure

Characterizing stiffness of human prostates using acoustic radiation force

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Combined ultrasonic thermal ablation with interleaved ARFI image monitoring using a single diagnostic curvilinear array: a feasibility study

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Conditionally Increased Acoustic Pressures in Nonfetal Diagnostic Ultrasound Examinations Without Contrast Agents: A Preliminary Assessment

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Contrast‐enhanced in vivo magnetic resonance microscopy of the mouse brain enabled by noninvasive opening of the blood‐brain barrier with ultrasound

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

Derivation and analysis of viscoelastic properties in human liver: impact of frequency on fibrosis and steatosis staging.

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Dynamic mechanical response of elastic spherical inclusions to impulsive acoustic radiation force excitation

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Estimates of echo correlation and measurement bias in acoustic radiation force impulse imaging.

scientific article published in June 2003

Evaluating the Benefit of Elevated Acoustic Output in Harmonic Motion Estimation in Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Evaluating the Improvement in Shear Wave Speed Image Quality Using Multidimensional Directional Filters in the Presence of Reflection Artifacts.

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Experimental studies of the thermal effects associated with radiation force imaging of soft tissue

scientific article published in April 2004

Functional neuroimaging using ultrasonic blood-brain barrier disruption and manganese-enhanced MRI.

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GPU-based real-time small displacement estimation with ultrasound.

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Identifying Clinically Significant Prostate Cancers using 3-D In Vivo Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging with Whole-Mount Histology Validation.

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Imaging arrays with improved transmit power capability

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Imaging transverse isotropic properties of muscle by monitoring acoustic radiation force induced shear waves using a 2-D matrix ultrasound array

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Impact of Acoustic Radiation Force Excitation Geometry on Shear Wave Dispersion and Attenuation Estimates

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Improving shear wave speed estimation precision in homogeneous media by tracking shear wave propagation in 3D using a real-time volumetric imaging transducer

Improving the robustness of time-of-flight based shear wave speed reconstruction methods using RANSAC in human liver in vivo.

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In vivo quantification of liver stiffness in a rat model of hepatic fibrosis with acoustic radiation force

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Measurement of Viscoelastic Material Model Parameters Using Fractional Derivative Group Shear Wave Speeds in Simulation and Phantom Data

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Methodology to register prostate B-mode and ARFI images to MR and histology

Multiparametric Ultrasound for Targeting Prostate Cancer: Combining ARFI, SWEI, QUS and B-Mode

scientific article published on 26 September 2020

Noninvasive evaluation of hepatic fibrosis using acoustic radiation force-based shear stiffness in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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Observations of tissue response to acoustic radiation force: opportunities for imaging

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

On System-Dependent Sources of Uncertainty and Bias in Ultrasonic Quantitative Shear-Wave Imaging.

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On the Challenges Associated with Obtaining Reproducible Measurements Using SWEI in the Median Nerve

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

On the feasibility of imaging peripheral nerves using acoustic radiation force impulse imaging.

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On the precision of time-of-flight shear wave speed estimation in homogeneous soft solids: initial results using a matrix array transducer

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On the thermal effects associated with radiation force imaging of soft tissue.

scientific article published in May 2004

Parameters affecting the resolution and accuracy of 2-D quantitative shear wave images.

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Preliminary Results on the Feasibility of Using ARFI/SWEI to Assess Cutaneous Sclerotic Diseases.

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Quantifying Image Quality Improvement Using Elevated Acoustic Output in B-Mode Harmonic Imaging

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

Radiation force imaging: challenges and opportunities

Radiological Society of North America/Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance Shear Wave Speed Bias Quantification in Elastic and Viscoelastic Phantoms

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Robust estimation of time-of-flight shear wave speed using a radon sum transformation

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Shear-wave generation using acoustic radiation force: in vivo and ex vivo results.

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Single- and multiple-track-location shear wave and acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: matched comparison of contrast, contrast-to-noise ratio and resolution

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Three-dimensional acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging of human prostates in vivo

article published in 2008

Tractable calculation of the Green's tensor for shear wave propagation in an incompressible, transversely isotropic material

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Sequencing and Data Processing Using a Verasonics Research Scanner

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Ultrasonic characterization of the nonlinear properties of canine livers by measuring shear wave speed and axial strain with increasing portal venous pressure

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Ultrasonic tracking of acoustic radiation force-induced displacements in homogeneous media.

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What challenges must be overcome before ultrasound elasticity imaging is ready for the clinic?

scientific article published on August 1, 2011