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Yayın An inverse source problem connected with thermoacoustic imaging in multi-layer planar medium(Springer, 2019-02-20) Yücel, Hazel; Ünalmış Uzun, BanuWe derived analytical forward and inverse solution of thermoacoustic wave equation for nonhomogeneous medium. We modelled the nonhomogeneous medium as a multi-layer planar medium and defined initial conditions, continuity conditions on the layer boundaries and radiation conditions at infinity assuming the source distribution existing in all layers. These solutions of thermoacoustic wave equation are based on the method of Green’s functions for layered planar media. For qualitative testing and comparison of the point-spread functions associated with the homogeneous and layered solutions, we performed numerical simulations. Our simulation results showed that the conventional inverse solution based on homogeneous medium assumption, as expected, produced incorrect locations of point sources, whereas our inverse solution involving the multi-layer planar medium produced point sources at the correct source locations. Also, we examined whether the performance of our layered inverse solution is sensitive to medium parameters used as priority information in the measured data. Our inverse solutions based on multi-layer planar media are applicable for cross-sectional two-dimensional imaging of abdominal structure and the organs such as breast and skin.Yayın Etkileşimli öğrenme ile akciğer tomografi hacim taramalarında nodül tespiti(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-06-20) Çam, İlker; Tek, Faik BorayBu bildiride akciğer BT taramalarında otomatik nodül tespiti yapmak üzere geliştirdigimiz yeni ve özgün bir yöntem sunulmaktadır. Önerdiğimiz yöntem, akciğer organına ve belirli bir nodül tipine bağlı kalmaksızın genelleştirilmiş bir yaklaşım sunmaktadır. Böylelikle akciğer bölütlemesine ihtiyaç duymamaktadır. Düşük doz radyasyonlu ve çeşitli tipte (katı ve kırık cam görünümlü, yüzeye ve damara ilişik) 10 mm’den küçük nodüllerden oluşan zorlu bir tarama kümesinde (Anode09) sınamalar yapılmıştır. Tarama başına ortalama 8 yanlış tespit için nodül tespit duyarlılığı %52’dir. Yarışmada ilk altıya giren algoritmalarla karşılaştırılabilir düzeydedir.Yayın Compression of the biomedical images using quadtree-based partitioned universally classified energy and pattern blocks(Springer London, 2019-03-15) Gezer, Murat; Gargari, Sepideh Nahavandi; Güz, Ümit; Gürkan, HakanIn this work, an efficient low bit rate image coding/compression method based on the quadtree-based partitioned universally classified energy and pattern building blocks (QB-UCEPB) is introduced. The proposed method combines low bit rate robustness and variable-sized quantization benefits of the well-known classified energy and pattern blocks (CEPB) method and quadtree-based (QB) partitioning technique, respectively. In the new method, first, the QB-UCEPB is constructed in the form of variable length block size thanks to the quadtree-based partitioning rather than fixed block size partitioning which was employed in the conventional CEPB method. The QB-UCEPB is then placed to the transmitter side as well as receiver side of the communication channel as a universal codebook manner. Every quadtree-based partitioned block of the input image is encoded using three quantities: image block scaling coefficient, the index number of the QB-UCEB and the index number of the QB-UCPB. These quantities are sent from the transmitter part to the receiver part through the communication channel. Then, the quadtree-based partitioned input image blocks are reconstructed in the receiver part using a decoding algorithm, which exploits the mathematical model that is proposed. Experimental results show that using the new method, the computational complexity of the classical CEPB is substantially reduced. Furthermore, higher compression ratios, PSNR and SSIM levels are achieved even at low bit rates compared to the classical CEPB and conventional methods such as SPIHT, EZW and JPEG2000Yayın Micromachined capacitive transducer arrays for intravascular ultrasound(SPIE, 2005) Değertekin, Fahrettin Levent; Güldiken, Rasim Oytun; Karaman, MustafaIntravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging has become an essential imaging modality for the effective diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases during the past decade enabled by innovative applications of piezoelectric transducer technology. The limitations in the manufacture and performance of the same piezoelectric transducers have also impeded the improvement of IVUS for emerging clinically important applications such as forward viewing arrays for guiding interventions and high resolution imaging of arterial structure such as vulnerable plaque and fibrous cap, and also implementation of techniques such as harmonic imaging of the tissue and of the contrast agents. Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) technology shows great potential for transforming IVUS not only to satisfy these clinical needs but also to open up possibilities for low-cost imaging devices integrated to therapeutic tools. We have developed manufacturing processes with a maximum process temperature of 250°C to build CMUTs on the same silicon chip with integrated electronics. Using these processes we fabricated CMUT arrays suitable for forward viewing IVUS in the 10-20MHz range. We characterized these array elements in terms of pulse-echo response, radiation pattern measurements and demonstrated its volumetric imaging capabilities on various imaging targets.
