Assessment of cardiac function by new ultrasound imaging strategies: towards a reliable clinical routine

Project Information

ACOUSTIC

Grant agreement ID: 786027

DOI 10.3030/786027

Project closed

EC signature date 16 February 2018

Start date 1 May 2018

End date 30 November 2019

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 127 300,00

EU contribution € 127 300,00

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KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (8)

A Novel 2-D Speckle Tracking Method for High-Frame-Rate Echocardiography

Author(s): Marta Orlowska, Alessandro Ramalli, Aniela Petrescu, Marta Cvijic, Stephanie Bezy, Pedro Santos, Joao Pedrosa, Jens-Uwe Voigt, Jan D'hooge
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Issue 67/9, 2020, Page(s) 1764-1775, ISSN 0885-3010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2020.2985451

Real-Time High-Frame-Rate Cardiac B-Mode and Tissue Doppler Imaging Based on Multiline Transmission and Multiline Acquisition

Author(s): Alessandro Ramalli, Alessandro Dallai, Francesco Guidi, Luca Bassi, Enrico Boni, Ling Tong, Giuseppe Fradella, Jan D'Hooge, Piero Tortoli
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Issue 65/11, 2018, Page(s) 2030-2041, ISSN 0885-3010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2018.2869473

Coded Excitation for Crosstalk Suppression in Multi-line Transmit Beamforming: Simulation Study and Experimental Validation

Author(s): Ling Tong, Qiong He, Alejandra Ortega, Alessandro Ramalli, Piero Tortoli, Jianwen Luo, Jan D’hooge
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 9/3, 2019, Page(s) 486, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app9030486

Continuous Simultaneous Recording of Brachial Artery Distension and Wall Shear Rate: A New Boost for Flow-Mediated Vasodilation

Author(s): Alessandro Ramalli, Kunihiko Aizawa, Angela C. Shore, Carmela Morizzo, Carlo Palombo, Matteo Lenge, Piero Tortoli
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Issue 66/3, 2019, Page(s) 463-471, ISSN 0885-3010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2018.2889111

High frame rate color Doppler echocardiography: a quantitative comparison of different approaches

Author(s): Alessandro Ramalli ; Alfonso Rodriguez-Molares ; Jørgen Avdal ; Jan D’hooge ; Lasse Lxvstakken
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Controls, 2019, ISSN 0885-3010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2019.2958031

A Comparison of Coherence-Based Beamforming Techniques in High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging With Multi-Line Transmission

Author(s): Giulia Matrone, Alessandro Ramalli, Jan D'hooge, Piero Tortoli, Giovanni Magenes
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Issue 67/2, 2020, Page(s) 329-340, ISSN 0885-3010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2019.2945365

Spectral Doppler Measurements With 2-D Sparse Arrays

Author(s): Paolo Mattesini, Alessandro Ramalli, Lorena Petrusca, Olivier Basset, Herve Liebgott, Piero Tortoli
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Issue 67/2, 2020, Page(s) 278-285, ISSN 0885-3010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2019.2944090

High-Frame-Rate Tri-Plane Echocardiography With Spiral Arrays: From Simulation to Real-Time Implementation

Author(s): Alessandro Ramalli, Sevan Harput, Stephanie Bezy, Enrico Boni, Robert J. Eckersley, Piero Tortoli, Jan D'Hooge
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Issue 67/1, 2020, Page(s) 57-69, ISSN 0885-3010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2019.2940289

Conference proceedings (11)

Prototype 3D Real-Time Imaging System Based on a Sparse PZT Spiral Array

Author(s): Enrico Boni, Alessandro Ramalli, Verva Daeichin, Nico de Jong, Hendrik J. Vos, Piero Tortoli
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2018, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-5386-3425-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2018.8580133

Spatial Coherence Based Beamforming in Multi-Line Transmit Echocardiography

Author(s): Giulia Matrone, Alessandro Ramalli, Jan D'hooge, Piero Tortoli, Giovanni Magenes
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2018, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-5386-3425-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2018.8580176

Ultrasound Imaging of Cardiac Fiber Orientation: What are We Looking at?

Author(s): Alessandro Ramalli, Pedro Santos, Jan D'hooge
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2018, Page(s) 1-9, ISBN 978-1-5386-3425-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2018.8580100

Tri-Plane Cardiac Imaging Using Multi-Line Transmission on a Spiral Array: A Feasibility Study

Author(s): Alessandro Ramalli, Pedro Santos, Piero Tortoli, Jan D'hooge
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2018, Page(s) 1-9, ISBN 978-1-5386-3425-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2018.8580143

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Combined with Multi Line Transmission for Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging: Experimental Findings

Author(s): Libertario Demi, Alessandro Ramalli, Enrico Boni, Jan D'hooge
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2018, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-5386-3425-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2018.8580107

Performance of F-DMAS beamforming with adjustable maximum spatial lag in multi-line transmission ultrasound imaging

Author(s): Giulia Matrone, Alessandro Ramalli, Jan D'hooge, Piero Tortoli, Giovanni Magenes
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2018, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-5386-3425-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2018.8579761

Effects of Coherence-Based Beamforming on Breast Ultrasound Elastograms

Author(s): Giulia Matrone, Elena Lashkevich, Anita Bertoni, Alessandro Ramalli, Alessandro S. Savoia, Giovanni Magenes
Published in: 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2019, Page(s) 312-315, ISBN 978-1-7281-4596-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2019.8926022

Experimental validation of a novel technique for ultrasound imaging of cardiac fiber orientation

Author(s): Alessandro Ramalli, Emeline Turquin, Lorena Petrusca, Francois Varray, Jan D'hooge
Published in: 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2019, Page(s) 2045-2048, ISBN 978-1-7281-4596-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2019.8926177

A Direct Measurement of Inter-Element Cross-Talk in Ultrasound Arrays

Author(s): Alessandro Ramalli, Jan D'hooge, Lasse Lovstakken, Piero Tortoli
Published in: 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2019, Page(s) 1301-1303, ISBN 978-1-7281-4596-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2019.8926249

Performance of Ultrasound Vector Velocity Measurement at Great Depths

Author(s): S. Rossi, A. Ramalli, S. Ricci, R. Matera, F. Guidi, E. Boni, P. Tortoli
Published in: 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2019, Page(s) 368-371, ISBN 978-1-7281-4596-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2019.8925547

Spectral Doppler analysis with sparse and full 2-D arrays

Author(s): Paolo Mattesini, Alessandro Ramalli, Gianluca Goti, Lorena Petrusca, Olivier Basset, Piero Tortoli, Herve Liebgott
Published in: 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2019, Page(s) 1963-1966, ISBN 978-1-7281-4596-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2019.8926013