Strain processing of intraoperative ultrasound images of brain tumours: Initial results

Tissue Pulsatility Imaging of Cerebral Vasoreactivity During Hyperventilation

“…Over this period, there have been relatively few publications describing applications of these methods to brain imaging. Moehring et al (1999) describe a method for measuring brain shifts to detect intracranial bleeding, Selbekk et al (2005) describe an elastographic method for tumor margin detection during brain surgery, and Kucewicz et al (2007) describe a method for measuring tissue displacement for functional brain imaging.…”

Computer-assisted 3D ultrasound-guided neurosurgery: technological contributions, including multimodal registration and advanced display, demonstrating future perspectives

“…New ultrasound technology, including probe developments and sophisticated signal processing algorithms, combined with advanced mathematical modelling and simulations, will open new ways of extracting valuable information useful for both improved diagnostics and guidance of surgery. Ultrasound strain imaging that is already being used for diagnostics of the heart (31,32) might give valuable information for delineation of the tumour during resection (33) (Figure 9). Ultrasound has also been found efficient as a 'stand-alone' imaging modality for the guidance of endoscopes (34,35) and the evacuation of haematomas (36).…”

Editorial: Ultrasound-guided neurosurgery: experiences from 20 years of cross-disciplinary research in Trondheim, Norway

“…2,4,6,14,18 The use of ultrasound for imaging in neurosurgery has been promoted by several groups that have explored the use of B-mode and Doppler mode as well as elastography mode and contrastenhanced ultrasound. 7,13,16,21 Cross-disciplinary research within ultrasound imaging has quite a long history in Trondheim. In the mid-1970s scientists at NTH (Norwegian Institute of Technology, now NTNU) and SINTEF started to develop ultrasound Doppler technology for cardiac examinations.…”