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ArticlePolymers2022

Noninvasive Detection, Tracking, and Characterization of Aerogel Implants Using Diagnostic Ultrasound.

Sagar Ghimire, Martina Rodriguez Sala, Swetha Chandrasekaran, Grigorios Raptopoulos, Marcus Worsley, Patrina Paraskevopoulou, Nicholas Leventis, Firouzeh Sabri

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sagar GhimireDepartment of Physics and Material Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
Martina Rodriguez SalaDepartment of Physics and Material Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3962-4147
Swetha ChandrasekaranLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
Grigorios RaptopoulosDepartment of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9763-2431
Marcus WorsleyLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
Patrina ParaskevopoulouDepartment of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5166-8946
Nicholas LeventisDepartment of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA.
Firouzeh SabriDepartment of Physics and Material Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
University of Memphis · USLawrence Livermore National Laboratory · USNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRMissouri University of Science and Technology · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical implants are routinely tracked and monitored using different techniques, such as MRI, X-ray, and ultrasound. Due to the need for ionizing radiation, the two former methods pose a significant risk to tissue. Ultrasound imaging, however, is non-invasive and presents no known risk to human tissue. Aerogels are an emerging material with great potential in biomedical implants. While qualitative observation of ultrasound images by experts can already provide a lot of information about the implants and the surrounding structures, this paper describes the development and study of two simple B-Mode image analysis techniques based on attenuation measurements and echogenicity comparisons, which can further enhance the study of the biological tissues and implants, especially of different types of biocompatible aerogels.

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acoustic attenuationaerogelB-modeultrasound

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PMID35215635
PMCPMC8875680
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