Central venous pressure estimation with force-coupled ultrasound of the internal jugular vein.

We estimate central venous pressure (CVP) with force-coupled ultrasound imaging of the internal jugular vein (IJV). We acquire ultrasound images while measuring force applied over the IJV by the ultrasound probe imaging surface. We record collapse force, the force required to completely occlude the vein, in 27 healthy subjects.

Comparison of Quantitative Ultrasound Methods to Classify Dystrophic and Obese Models of Skeletal Muscle.

In this study, we compared multiple quantitative ultrasound metrics for the purpose of differentiating muscle in 20 healthy, 10 dystrophic and 10 obese mice. High-frequency ultrasound scans were acquired on dystrophic (D2-mdx), obese (db/db) and control mouse hindlimbs. A total of 248 image features were extracted from each scan, using brightness-mode statistics, Canny edge detection metrics, Haralick features, envelope statistics and radiofrequency statistics.