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Insana MF, Wagner RF, Brown DG, Hall TJ, "Describing small-scale structure in random media using pulse-echo ultrasound," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 87:179-192, 1990. pdf

Insana MF, Hall TJ, "Visual detection efficiency in ultrasonic imaging: a framework for objective assessment of image quality," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 95:2081-2090, 1994. pdf

Bilgen M, Insana MF, "Deformation models and correlation analysis in elastography," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99:3212-3224, 1996. pdf

Chaturvedi P, Insana MF, "Error bounds on ultrasonic scatterer size estimates," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100:392-399, 1996. pdf

Chaturvedi P, Insana MF, "Bayesian and least-squares approaches to ultrasonic scatterer size image formation," IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferro. Freq. Contrl., 44:152-160, 1997. pdf

Chaturvedi P, Insana MF, Hall TJ, "2-D companding for noise reduction in strain imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferro. Freq. Contrl., 45:179-191, 1998. pdf

Chaturvedi P, Insana MF, Hall TJ, "Testing the limitations of 2-D local companding in strain imaging using phantoms," IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferro. Freq. Contrl., 45 1022-1031, 1998. pdf

Insana MF, Cook LT, Bilgen M, Chaturvedi P, Zhu Y, "Maximum-likelihood approach to strain imaging using ultrasound," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 107:1421-1434, 2000. pdf

Insana MF, Hall, TJ, Chaturvedi P, Kargel Ch, "Ultrasonic properties of random media under uniaxial loading," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 110:3243-3251, 2001. pdf

Kargel Ch, Höbenreich G,Trummer B, Insana MF, "Adaptive clutter rejection filtering in ultrasonic strain-flow imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferro. Freq. Contrl., 50:824-35, 2003. pdf

Zemp RJ, Abbey CK, Insana MF, "Linear system models for ultrasonic imaging: application to signal statistics," IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferro. Freq. Contrl., 50: 642-654, 2003. pdf

Pellot-Barakat C, Frouin F, Insana MF, Herment A, "Ultrasound elastography based on multi-scale estimations of displacement regularized fields," IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging 23: 153-63, 2004. pdf

J Liu, CK Abbey, MF Insana, "Linear approach to axial resolution in elasticity imaging," IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferro Freq Contrl, 51:716-25, 2004. pdf

Kargel Ch, Plevnik G, Trummer B, Insana MF, "Doppler ultrasound systems designed for tumor blood flow imaging," IEEE Trans Instrum Meas. 53: 524-36, 2004. pdf

Insana MF, Pellot-Barakat C, Sridhar M, Lindfors K, "Viscoelastic imaging of breast tumor microenvironment with ultrasound," J. Mammary Gland Biol., Neoplasia, 9:393-404, 2004. pdf

J Liu, MF Insana, "Coded pulse excitation for ultrasonic strain imaging," IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferro Freq Contrl, 52:231-40, 2005. pdf

Abbey CK, Zemp RJ, Liu J, Lindfors KK, Insana MF, "Observer efficiency in discrimination tasks simulating malignant and benign breast lesions with ultrasound," IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, 25:198-209, 2006. pdf

Tsou JK, Liu J, Insana MF, "Modeling and phantom studies of ultrasonic wall shear rate measurements using coded pulse excitation," IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferro Freq Contrl, 53:724-734, 2006. pdf

Kim K-S, Liu J, Insana MF, "Efficient array beam forming by spatial filtering for ultrasonic B-mode imaging," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120: 852-861, 2006. pdf

Insana MF, "Ultrasonic Imaging," In: Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, M Akay, ed., ISBN: 0-471-24967-X, April 14, 2006. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780471740360.ebs0002 pdf

Insana MF. "Elasticity Imaging," In: Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, M Akay, ed., ISBN: 0-471-24967-X, April 14, 2006. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780471740360.ebs0002 pdf

Insana MF and Oelze M, "Advanced ultrasonic imaging techniques for breast cancer research," In: Emerging Technologies in Breast Imaging and Mammography, JS Suri, RM Rangayyan, S Laxminarayan, eds., American Scientific Publishers, Valencia CA, 2006. pdf

Zemp RJ, Insana MF, "Imaging with unfocused regions of focused ultrasound beams," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121(3): 2007. pdf

Sridhar M, Liu J, Insana MF, "Elasticity imaging of polymeric media," ASME J Biomechan Eng, 129(2) 259-272, 2007. pdf

Sridhar M, Liu, J, Insana MF, "Viscoelasticity imaging using ultrasound: parameters and error analysis," Phys Med Biol, 52:2425-2443, 2007. pdf

RD Yapp, MF Insana, "Molecular and structural analysis of viscoelastic properties," Proc SPIE Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 11 pages, February 2007 (in press). pdf

Liu J, Kim K-S, Insana MF, "SNR comparisons of beamforming strategies," IEEE Trans Ultrason, Ferroelec, Fre Control, 54:1010-1017, 2007. pdf

Sridhar M, Insana MF, "Ultrasonic measurements of breast viscoelasticity," Med Phys, 34:4757-4767, 2007 pdf

Tsou JK, Gower RM, Ting HJ, Schaff UY, Insana MF, Passerini AG, Simon SI, "Spatial regulation of inflammation by human aortic endothelial cells in a linear gradient of shear stress," Microcirculation (in press 2007). pdf

Tsou JK, Simon SI, Barakat AI, Insana MF: Role of ultrasonic shear rate estimation errors in assessing inflammatory response and vascular risk, Ultrasound Med Biol, 34:1-10, 2008. pdf

Insana MF, Wickline SA: Multimodality biomolecular imaging, Proc IEEE, vol 96, pp 378-81, 2008. pdf

Abbey CK, Nguyen N, Insana, MF, "An ideal observer approach to beamforming," Proc SPIE Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing, 6920:1-8, 2008. pdf

Qiu Y, Sridhar M, Tsou JK, Lindfors KK, Insana MF, "Ultrasonic viscoelasticity imaging of nonpalpable breast tumors: preliminary results," Academic Radiol, (in press). pdf

Coussot, C, Kalyanam, S, Yapp RD, Insana, MF, "Fractional derivative models for ultrasonic characterization of polymer and breast tissue viscoelasticity," IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferro Freq Contrl (in press). pdf

Kalyanam S, Yapp RD, Insana MF, "Poroviscoelastic behavior of gelatin hydrogels under compression: implications for bioelasticity imaging," ASME J Biomechan Eng, (in review). pdf

Yapp RD, Insana MF, "pH-induced contrast in viscoelasticity imaging of biopolymers," Phys Med Biol, (in review). pdf

Select Theses
Andrew Hancock, MS Thesis, BME University of California, Davis, December 2001, “Observation of forces on microparticles in acoustic standing waves.” pdf

Jerome J. Mai, MS Thesis, BME University of California, Davis December 2002, “Strain imaging and vascular elasticity.” pdf

Huini Du, MS Thesis, BME University of California, Davis, July 2004, “Optimal multicompression approach to breast elasticity imaging.” pdf

Roger J. Zemp, PhD Thesis, BME University of California, Davis, September 2004, “Detection theory in ultrasonic imaging.” pdf

Niki Ziai, MS Thesis, BME University of California, Davis, December 2005, “Comparison of frequency-domain statistics for fMRI voxel selection in retinotopic mapping.” pdf

Jean K. Tsou, PhD Thesis, BME University of California-Davis, December 2006, “Role of ultrasonic shear rate estimation errors in assessing inflammatory response and vascular risk.” pdf

Mallika Sridhar, PhD Thesis, BME University of California-Davis, December 2006, “Imaging viscoelasticity in hydro-polymers and breast tissue with ultrasound.” pdf

Carol L. Shaffer, MS Thesis, BIOE Dept., UIUC, May 2007, "3D cell cultures for developing multimodality diagnostic imaging techniques." pdf

Cecile Coussot, MS Thesis, BIOE Dept., UIUC, May 2008, "Fractional derivative models and their use in the characterization of hydropolymer and in-vivo breast tissue viscoelasticity." pdf

 
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