Quantitative ultrasound inflammation biomarker on a COVID-19 cohort

• Published in: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Online) pp. 1 - 4
• Main Authors: Chayer, Boris, Destrempes, Francois, Roy-Cardinal, Marie-Helene, Allard, Louise, Rivaz, Hassan, Durand, Madeleine, Beaubien-Souligny, William, Girard, Martin, Cloutier, Guy
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 03.09.2023
• Subjects: Aggregates; Backscatter coefficient (BSC) estimation; COVID-19; Effective medium theory and structure factor model (EMTSFM); Estimation; Phantoms; Quantitative ultrasound (QUS); Red blood cells; Total attenuation estimation; Ultrasonic imaging; Veins
• ISSN: 1948-5727
• DOI: 10.1109/IUS51837.2023.10308345

The aim of the current work was to quantify the red blood cells (RBCs) aggregate size in Covid-19 positive patients at risk of developing vascular thrombosis and compare results with control subjects. For this purpose, the current work relied on the effective medium theory combined with the structur...