Enhancing Medical Devices with Real-time Quantitative Ultrasound Data
Cephasonics Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS): A Comprehensive Overview
Cephasonics is a leading innovator in ultrasound technology, offering hardware and software solutions that empower clinicians and researchers to gather crucial data about the human body. One of Cephasonics’ core strengths not just in imaging but in quantitative ultrasound (QUS)—a method that provides numerical measurements of tissue properties, going beyond traditional imaging-based ultrasound.
This expands conventional ultrasound capabilities by enabling the real-time identification and precise localization of objects within the body—including substructures within those objects—while simultaneously measuring key attributes such as location, size, shape, volume, and material properties. By providing continuous, noninvasive feedback, QUS can also deliver valuable real-time “telemetry” that can be seamlessly integrated into medical procedures and devices, enhancing procedural guidance, decision-making, and overall patient outcomes.
Contact Cephasonics to learn more about integrating quantitative ultrasound with your medical devices
Cephasonics is a leading innovator in ultrasound technology, offering hardware and software solutions that empower clinicians and researchers to gather crucial data about the human body. One of Cephasonics’ core strengths not just in imaging but in quantitative ultrasound (QUS)—a method that provides numerical measurements of tissue properties, going beyond traditional imaging-based ultrasound.
This expands conventional ultrasound capabilities by enabling the real-time identification and precise localization of objects within the body—including substructures within those objects—while simultaneously measuring key attributes such as location, size, shape, volume, and material properties. By providing continuous, noninvasive feedback, QUS can also deliver valuable real-time “telemetry” that can be seamlessly integrated into medical procedures and devices, enhancing procedural guidance, decision-making, and overall patient outcomes.
Contact Cephasonics to learn more about integrating quantitative ultrasound with your medical devices
What Is Quantitative Ultrasound
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Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) is a specialized approach that extracts numerical parameters from raw ultrasound signals. Instead of displaying only grayscale or color Doppler images, QUS analyzes the backscattered echoes to derive measurements including:
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What Can Be Measured:
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These quantitative parameters are objective and reproducible, can help clinicians identify subtle changes in tissue state and track these changes over time.
What Can You Do with Quantitative Ultrasound Data?
Because of Cephasonics’ flexible platform, users can access raw ultrasound data and design customized AI QUS algorithms to extend capabilities far beyond conventional scanning. Therefore, the power of QUS lies in its versatile applications such as:
Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring - Quantitative metrics can help differentiate healthy from diseased tissue. For instance, measuring elasticity can detect liver fibrosis progression or regression.
Robotic Navigation Assistance - By providing real-time, noninvasive imaging data, ultrasound can serve as a live feedback mechanism, enabling surgical robots to respond dynamically to tissue structures, anatomical variations, and potential obstacles.
Therapeutic Guidance and Assessment - By quantifying changes in various tissue properties during a medical procedures by measuring how tissues respond, Clinicians can see changes in key tissue properties and then quickly adjust treatment settings
Longitudinal Tracking and Patient Telemetry - Continuous QUS measurements enable clinicians to monitor subtle changes in a patient’s condition over time, allowing for more precise treatment strategies.
Because of Cephasonics’ flexible platform, users can access raw ultrasound data and design customized QUS algorithms to extend capabilities far beyond conventional scanning.
Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring - Quantitative metrics can help differentiate healthy from diseased tissue. For instance, measuring elasticity can detect liver fibrosis progression or regression.
Robotic Navigation Assistance - By providing real-time, noninvasive imaging data, ultrasound can serve as a live feedback mechanism, enabling surgical robots to respond dynamically to tissue structures, anatomical variations, and potential obstacles.
Therapeutic Guidance and Assessment - By quantifying changes in various tissue properties during a medical procedures by measuring how tissues respond, Clinicians can see changes in key tissue properties and then quickly adjust treatment settings
Longitudinal Tracking and Patient Telemetry - Continuous QUS measurements enable clinicians to monitor subtle changes in a patient’s condition over time, allowing for more precise treatment strategies.
Because of Cephasonics’ flexible platform, users can access raw ultrasound data and design customized QUS algorithms to extend capabilities far beyond conventional scanning.
Achieving reliable QUS results depends on several critical system features and factors:
AI-Enabled Ultrasound Platform - QUS and effective data requires use of advanced AI algorithms which in turn require specially designed ultrasound technology to generate measurement data in realtime.
Unfiltered Data - The ultrasound system needs to be able to access adequate data in real time in order to perform effective process of AI algorithms.
High-Fidelity Signal Acquisition - The ultrasound system must capture clean echo signals with minimal electronic noise or signal degradation.
Accurate Algorithm Training - Consistent results across different machines, probes, and sessions require rigorous calibration protocols. These protocols ensure that measured values (e.g., speed of sound, attenuation) are comparable over time.
Advanced Beamforming and Signal Processing - Robust algorithms are needed to convert raw echo signals into quantifiable tissue parameters. Cephasonics’ platform allows deep customization and real-time data processing.
Medical Device Integration - Operators need clear guidelines on how to position probes, maintain consistent imaging protocols, and interpret QUS metrics within a clinical or research workflow.
Unfiltered Data - The ultrasound system needs to be able to access adequate data in real time in order to perform effective process of AI algorithms.
High-Fidelity Signal Acquisition - The ultrasound system must capture clean echo signals with minimal electronic noise or signal degradation.
Accurate Algorithm Training - Consistent results across different machines, probes, and sessions require rigorous calibration protocols. These protocols ensure that measured values (e.g., speed of sound, attenuation) are comparable over time.
Advanced Beamforming and Signal Processing - Robust algorithms are needed to convert raw echo signals into quantifiable tissue parameters. Cephasonics’ platform allows deep customization and real-time data processing.
Medical Device Integration - Operators need clear guidelines on how to position probes, maintain consistent imaging protocols, and interpret QUS metrics within a clinical or research workflow.
Cephasonics is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of ultrasound technology, offering modular, high-performance systems that support both real-time imaging and quantitative data analysis. With a platform designed for flexibility and scalability, Cephasonics partners with medical device innovators worldwide to develop cutting-edge solutions that meet evolving healthcare and research needs.
Whether you’re seeking to enhance diagnostic precision, investigate emerging clinical applications, or refine therapeutic monitoring, Cephasonics provides the tools and expertise to unlock the full potential of quantitative ultrasound.
Contact Cephasonics to learn more about integrating quantitative ultrasound with your medical devices
Whether you’re seeking to enhance diagnostic precision, investigate emerging clinical applications, or refine therapeutic monitoring, Cephasonics provides the tools and expertise to unlock the full potential of quantitative ultrasound.
Contact Cephasonics to learn more about integrating quantitative ultrasound with your medical devices
