The Development of Crawling Waves

In a recent discovery by Wu et al. (Z Wu, LS Taylor, DJ Rubens, KJ Parker "Sonoelastographic imaging of interference patterns for estimation of the shear velocity of homogeneous biomaterials" Ultrasound Med Biol 20(2)161-168, 2004), it was found that interfering shear waves could produce slowly propagating interference patterns with an apparent velocity much less than (but proportional to) the underlying true shear velocity. Termed 'crawling waves,' they are generated using a pair of mechanical sources vibrating at slightly offset frequencies. More importantly, these shear wave (interference) patterns can be visualized in real-time using sonoelastographic imaging techniques. In general, crawling wave images describe shear wave propagation patterns and allow for estimation of the spatial elastic properties in tissue, namely, shear velocity distributions.

Journal Articles

  1. A complex elastographic hyperbolic solver (CEHS) to recover frequency dependent complex shear moduli in viscoelastic models utilizing one or more displacement data-sets
    K. Lin, J. R McLaughlin, A. Baer, C. Hazard, K. Thomenius, Z. Hah, K. J. Parker, and D. J. Rubens
    Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, vol. 26, no. 8 , pp. 1155 -1177  (2018). View PDF
  2. Shear wave speed measurements using crawling wave sonoelastography and single tracking location shear wave elasticity imaging for tissue characterization
    J. Ormachea, R. J. Lavarello, S. A. McAleavey, K. J. Parker, and B. Castaneda
    IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics,Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 63, no. 9 , pp. 1351 -1360  (2016). View Online
  3. Effects of aberration in crawling wave sonoelastography
    G. Torres, K. J. Parker, B. Castaneda, and R. J. Lavarello
    Proceedings IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , pp. 1 -4  (2015). View Online
  4. Shear wave estimation using null pursuit and AM-FM demodulation
    R. Rojas, J. Ormachea, K. J. Parker, and B. Castaneda
    Proceedings IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , pp. 1 -4  (2015). View Online
  5. Effects of data acquisition parameters on the quality of sonoelastographic imaging
    G. Torres, J. Ormachea, R. J. Lavarello, K. J. Parker, and B. Castaneda
    Proceedings 37th Annual International Convention of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society , pp. 3839 -3842  (2015). View Online
  6. Shear wave dispersion in lean versus steatotic rat livers
    C. T. Barry, C. Hazard, Z. Hah, G. Cheng, A. Partin, R. A. Mooney, K. Chuang, and W. Cao
    Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, vol. 34, no. 60 , pp. 1123 -1129  (2015). View Online
  7. Crawling waves speed estimtaion based on the dominant component analysis paradigm
    R. Rojas, J. Ormachea, A. Salo, P. Rodrigues, K. J. Parker, and B. Castaneda
    Ultrasonic Imaging, vol. 37, no. 4 , pp. 341 -355  (2015). View Online
  8. Shear wave speed and dispersion measurements using crawling wave chirps
    Z. Hah, A. Partin, and K. J. Parker
    Ultrasonic Imaging, vol. 36, no. 4 , pp. 277 -290  (2014). View Online
  9. Mouse liver dispersion for the diagnosis of early-stage fatty liver disease: a 70-sample study
    C. T. Barry, Z. Hah, A. Partin, R. A. Mooney, K. Chuang, A. Augustine, A. Almudevar, W. Cao, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 41, no. 4 , pp. 704 -713  (2014). View Online
  10. Elasticity estimates from images of crawling waves generated by miniature surface sources
    A. Partin, Z. Hah, C. T. Barry, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 40, no. 4 , pp. 685 -694  (2013). View Online
  11. On the use of dual acoustic radiation forces to induce shear wave propagation and interference pattern formation
    K. Hoyt, Z. Hah, C. Hazard, and K. J. Parker
    Proceedings IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , pp. 2583 -2586  (2012). View Online
  12. Quantitative crawling wave sonoelastography of benign and malignant thyroid nodules
    J. M. Walsh, L. An, B. Mills, Z. Hah, J. Maolem, M. Miller, E. Giampoli, K. J. Parker, and D. J. Rubens
    Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol 147, no. 2 , pp. 233 -238  (2012). View Online
  13. Shear wave dispersion measures liver steatosis
    C. T. Barry, B. Mills, Z. Hah, R. A. Mooney, C. K. Ryan, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Ultrasound Med Biol, vol. 38, no. 2 , pp. 175 -182  (2012). View Online
  14. Integration of crawling waves in an ultrasound imaging system. Part 1: system and design considerations
    C. Hazard, Z. Hah, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Ultrasound Med BIol, vol. 38, no. 2 , pp. 286 -311  (2012). View Online
  15. Integration of crawling waves in an ultrasound imaging system. Part 2: signal processing and applications
    Z. Hah, C. Hazard, B. Mills, C. T. Barry, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Ultrasound Med Biol, vol. 28, no. 2 , pp. 312 -323  (2012). View Online
  16. Modeling shear waves through a viscoelastic medium induced by acoustic radiation force
    K. Lee, B. A. Szajewski, Z. Hah, K. J. Parker, and A. M. Maniatty
    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 28, no. 6-7 , pp. 678 -696  (2012). View Online
  17. Experimental validation of acoustic radiation force induced shear wave interference patterns
    K. Hoyt, Z. Hah, C. Hazard, and K. J. Parker
    Phys Med Biol, vol. 57, no. 1 , pp. 21 -30  (2012). View Online
  18. Two-dimensional shear wave speed and crawling wave speed recoveries from in vitro prostate data
    K. Lin, J. R McLaughlin, A. Thomas, K. J. Parker, B. Castaneda, and D. J. Rubens
    J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 57, no. 1 , pp. 21 -30  (2011). View PDF
  19. Crawling wave detection of prostate cancer: preliminary in vitro results
    L. An, B. Mills, Z. Hah, S. Mao, J. Yao, J. Joseph, D. J. Rubens, J. Strang, and K. J. Parker
    Med Phys, vol. 38, no. 5 , pp. 2563 -2571  (2011). View Online
  20. Crawling waves from radiation force excitation
    Z. Hah, C. Hazard, Y. T. Cho, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Ultrason Imaging, vol. 56, no. 1 , pp. 177 -189  (2010). View PDF
  21. Prostate cancer detection using crawling wave sonoelastography
    B. Castaneda, L. An, S. Wu, L. Baxter, J. Yao, J. Joseph, K. Hoyt, J. Strang, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Proceedings SPIE Medical Imaging: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing, vol. 7265 , pp. 726513-1 -726513-10  (2009). View PDF
  22. Real-time sonoelastography of hepatic thermal lesions in a swine model
    M. Zhang, B. Castaneda, J. Christensen, W. Saad, K. Bylund, K. Hoyt, J. Strang, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Med Phys, vol. 35, no. 9 , pp. 4132 -4141  (2008). View PDF
  23. Quantitative sonoelastography for the in vivo assessment of skeletal muscle viscoelasticity
    K. Hoyt, T. Kneezel, B. Castaneda, and K. J. Parker
    Phys Med Biol, vol. 53, no. 15 , pp. 4063 -4080  (2008). View PDF
  24. Two-dimensional sonoelastographic shear velocity imaging
    K. Hoyt, B. Castaneda, and K. J. Parker
    Ultrasound Med Biol, vol. 24, no. 2 , pp. 276 -288  (2008). View PDF
  25. Feasibility of two-dimensional quantitative sonoelastographic imaging
    K. Hoyt, B. Castaneda, and K. J. Parker
    Proceedings, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium , pp. 2032 -2035  (2007). View PDF
  26. Muscle tissue characterization using quantitative sonoelastography: preliminary results
    K. Hoyt, B. Castaneda, and K. J. Parker
    Proceedings, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium , pp. 365 -368  (2007). View PDF
  27. Real-time semi-automatic segmentation of hepatic radiofrequency ablated lesions in an in vivo porcine model using sonoelastography
    B. Castaneda, M. Zhang, K. Hoyt, K. Bylund, J. Christensen, W. Saad, J. Strang, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Proceedings, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium , pp. 1341 -1344  (2007). View PDF
  28. Real-time shear velocity imaging using sonoelastographic techniques
    K. Hoyt, K. J. Parker, and D. J. Rubens
    Ultrasound Med Biol, vol. 33, no. 7 , pp. 1086 -1097  (2007). View PDF
  29. Shear wave speed recovery using moving interference patterns obtained in sonoelastography experiments
    J. R McLaughlin, D. Renzi, K. J. Parker, and Z. Wu
    J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 121, no. 4 , pp. 2438 -2446  (2007). View PDF
  30. Sonoelastographic shear velocity imaging: experiments on tissue phantom and prostate
    K. Hoyt, K. J. Parker, and D. J. Rubens
    Proceedings, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium , pp. 1686 -1689  (2006). View PDF
  31. Sonoelastographic imaging of interference patterns for estimation of shear velocity distribution in biomaterials
    K. Hoyt, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 120, no. 1 , pp. 535 -545  (2006). View PDF
  32. Sonoelastographic imaging of interference patterns for estimation of the shear velocity of homogeneous biomaterials
    Z. Wu, L. S. Taylor, D. J. Rubens, and K. J. Parker
    Phys Med Biol, vol. 49, no. 6 , pp. 911 -922  (2004). View PDF