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medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-29
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Simulated ultrasound images help develop better cardiovascular diagnostics
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-29
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Realistic Ultrasound Simulation Using Anatomical and Microstructural Tissue Phantoms
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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedDaniek van Aarle defended Ph.D. research on computer-generated, or virtual, ultrasound images that are almost indistinguishable from real ones.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedThe work is aimed at helping develop new technologies, including software that automatically identifies blood-vessel walls, by providing large numbers of ultrasound images for training and testing.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedResearchers can build the digital blood vessel themselves, so they know exactly where the vessel wall is, how large the vessel is, and how much it moves, allowing software to be tested against known answers.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedA major part of the research focused on patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and during nearly 30 procedures at Catharina Hospital, ultrasound images were captured from inside the blood vessel using a miniature probe attached to a catheter.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedVan Aarle compared these clinical images with virtual ultrasound images generated from medical scans, and the article says the simulation toolbox developed during the Ph.D. is now being used in follow-up projects.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Europe PMC, Crossref · 15 candidate papers
Fast strain mapping in abdominal aortic aneurysm wall reveals heterogeneous patterns.
Frontiers in Physiology · 2023 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Ultrasound
Clinical Ultrasound · 2018 · Crossref
2D Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Using Deep Neural Networks.
2026 · Europe PMC
Detecting Regional Stiffness Changes in Aortic Aneurysmal Geometries Using Pressure-Normalized Strain.
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology · 2017 · PubMed, Europe PMC
27.6 Utility of intravascular ultrasound in abdominal aortic aneurysm endograft deployment
Cardiovascular Surgery · 1997 · Crossref
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