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 Dr. Zhuhuang Zhou Beijing University of Technology, China |
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| Title: Ultrasound backscatter statistics parametric imaging: Theory, methods, and applications | |
| Abstract: Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) has become an important complement to conventional B-mode ultrasound. QUS techniques have been widely used in characterizing different kinds of biological tissues. Ultrasound backscatter statistics parametric imaging is an emerging technique of QUS which is compatible to conventional pulse-echo ultrasound imaging framework. In recent years, two kinds of ultrasound backscatter statistics parametric imaging techniques have been commercialized: acoustic structure quantification (ASQ) and ultrasound Nakagami imaging. In this speech, we will present the theory, methods, and selected applications of ultrasound backscatter statistics parametric imaging. Specifically, we will discuss model-based techniques (ASQ, ultrasound Nakagami imaging, and ultrasound Homodyned K imaging) and non-model-based techniques such as information entropy imaging. Our recent work on these techniques will be presented. Future developments will be discussed. | |
| Biography: Dr. Zhuhuang Zhou was born in Anhui, China. He received the B.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Hefei University of Technology in 2005, the M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Sichuan University in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from Beijing University of Technology in 2016. He worked in the ultrasound machine industry for software development of ultrasound scanners from 2008 to 2012. From June 2016 to April 2018, he was a Postdoc at Beijing University of Technology. From June 2017 to July 2019, he was an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, Beijing University of Technology. Dr. Zhuhuang Zhou is now an associate professor of biomedical engineering, Beijing University of Technology. Dr. Zhuhuang Zhou’s research interests include biomedical ultrasonics, ultrasound tissue characterization, quantitative ultrasound, ultrasound wave propagation in biological tissues, and medical signal/image processing. | |
