Parker Medical Imaging Research

Patented Technologies Featured in Press

September 26, 2024

Technolgies patented by Professor Parker and colleagues have been featured in recent articles in the press. The articles in the University's News Center (here) and DOTmed HealthCare Business News (here) describe the technologies that can help make ultrasound a more powerful tool for diagnosing cancer, liver disease, and other pathologies.

"A Power Law Reconstruction of Ultrasound Backscatter Images"

August 31, 2024

A manuscript written by Professor Kevin Parker titled "A power law reconstruction of ultrasound backscatter images" has been published in Acoustics. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.

"Mouse Brain Elastography Changes with Sleep/Wake Cycles, Aging, and Alzheimer's Disease"

July 15, 2024

A manuscript co-authored by Professor Kevin Parker, Institute of Optics colleagues Dr. Gary Ge and Professor Jannick Rolland, and Center for Translational Neuromedicine colleagues Dr. Wei Song, Dr. Michael Giannetto, and Dr. Maiken Nedergaard titled "Mouse brain elastography changes with sleep/wake cycles, aging, and Alzheimer's disease" has been published in NeuroImage. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.

U.S. Patents Issued

July 10, 2024

Congratulations to Professor Parker and former lab members Dr. Juvenal Ormachea and Dr. Fernando Zvietcovich on the issue of two U.S. patents.

"Development of a Multiparametric Ultrasound Image using an Integrated System and Method to Assess Hepatic Steatosis"

June 24, 2024

A conference paper co-authored by Professor Kevin Parker and colleagues at Texas A&M University titled "Development of a multiparametric ultrasound image using an integrated system and method to assess hepatic steatosis" has been published in the proceedings of the IEEE UFFC South Asian Ultrasonics Symposium. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.

"Angular Integration Autocorrelation Approach for Shear Wave Speed Estimation in the Framework of Reverberant Shear Wave Elastography"

June 17, 2024

A conference paper co-authored by Professor Kevin Parker, Institute of Optics colleagues Professor Jannick Rolland and Dr. Hamidreza Asemani, and Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate Gilmer Flores titled "Angular integration autocorrelation approach for shear wave speed estimation in the framework of reverberant shear wave elastography" has been published in the proceedings of the IEEE UFFC Latin America Ultrasonics Symposium. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.

"Brain Elastography in Aging Relates to Fluid/Solid Trendlines"

May 29, 2024

A manuscript co-authored by Professor Kevin Parker, ECE colleagues Professor Marvin Doyley, Dr. Irteza (Enan) Kabir and Dr. Abrar Faiyaz, Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate Gilmer Flores, and Neurology colleages Dr. Giovanni Schifitto and Dr. Md Nasir Uddin titled "Brain elastography in aging relates to fluid/solid trendlines" has been published in Physics in Medicine and Biology. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.

"Multiparametric Quantification and Visualization of Liver Fat using Ultrasound"

May 10, 2024

A paper co-authored by former PhD student Dr. Jihye Baek, Professor Kevin Parker, and colleagues at Texas A&M University and Stanford University titled "Multiparametric quantification and visualization of liver fat using ultrasound" has been published in WFUMB Ultrasound Open. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.

"Angular Integral Autocorrelation for Speed Estimation in Shear-Wave Elastography"

May 9, 2024

A manuscript co-authored by postdoctoral associate Dr. Hamidreza Asemani, former ECE PhD students Dr. Irteza (Enan) Kabir and Dr. Juvenal Ormachea, ECE Professors Kevin Parker and Marvin Doyley, and Optics colleague Professor Jannick Rolland titled "Angular integral autocorrelation for speed estimation in shear-wave elastography" has been published in Acoustics. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.

Article Receives 100th Citation

April 4, 2024

Article Receives Recognition for Downloads

March 19, 2024

Congratulations to first author Dr. Thomas Marini, Professor Parker, and colleagues on the recognition for their published article tited "Breast ultrasound volume sweep imaging: a new horizon in expanding imaging access for breast cancer detection." Published in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, the article was one of the most downloaded during its first 12 months of publication among work purlished in an issue between 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022. The article received enough downloads to rank within the top 10% of papers published.

"WATUNet: A Deep Neural Network for Segmentation of Volumetric Sweep Imaging Ultrasound"

March 8, 2024

A paper co-authored by PhD student Donya Khaledyan, Professor Kevin Parker, and colleagues in the Department of Imaging Sciences titled "WATUNet: A deep neural network for segmentation of volumetric sweep imaging ultrasound" has been published in Machine Learning: Science and Technology. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.

"H-scan Discrimination for Tumor Microenvironmental Heterogeneity in Melanoma"

February 1, 2024

A paper co-authored by former PhD student Jihye Baek, Professor Kevin Parker, and colleagues in the Departments of Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology titled "H-scan discrimination for tumor microenvironmental heterogeneity in melanoma" has been published in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. The abstract follows; more information can be found here.