/FLL_CEUS_analysis

Computational Analysis of FLL CEUS Cine-loops

FLL_CEUS_analysis

This repository is an initiative towards an open source software toolkit for the automated analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) cine-loops of focal liver lesions (FLLs).

The algorithms that will be included in this repository describe work published in the following peer-reviewed manuscripts.

1. Identification of the Optimal Reference Frame (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.06.005)

@article{Bakas_2017_RefFrame,
  title   = {Automatic Identification of the Optimal Reference Frame for Segmentation and Quantification of Focal Liver Lesions in Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound},
  author  = {S. Bakas and D. Makris and G. J. A. Hunter and C. Fang and P. S. Sidhu and K. Chatzimichail},
  journal = {Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology},
  volume  = {43},
  number  = {10},
  pages   = {2438-2451},
  year    = {2017},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.06.005}}

2. Delineation of FLLs (https://doi.org/10.1080/21681163.2015.1029642)

@article{Bakas_2017_FLL_Segmentation,
  title   = {Fast semi-automatic segmentation of focal liver lesions in contrast-enhanced ultrasound, based on a probabilistic model},
  author  = {S. Bakas and K. Chatzimichail and G. Hunter and B. Labbé and P. S. Sidhu and D. Makris},
  journal = {Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging \& Visualization},
  volume  = {5},
  number  = {5},
  pages   = {329-338},
  year    = {2017},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/21681163.2015.1029642}}

3. Delineation of the CEUS image plane (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_4)

@InProceedings{Bakas_2012_ISVC_SIFT,
  title     = {Focal Liver Lesion Tracking in CEUS for Characterisation Based on Dynamic Behaviour},
  author    = {S. Bakas and A. Hoppe and K. Chatzimichail and V. Galariotis and G. Hunter and D. Makris},
  booktitle = {Advances in Visual Computing},
  pages     = {32-41},
  year      = {2012},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_4},
  publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},
  editor    = {G. Bebis and R. Boyle and B. Parvin and D. Koracin and C. Fowlkes and S. Wang and M.-H. Choi and S. Mantler and J. Schulze and D. Acevedo and K. Mueller and M. Papka}}