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Matthew W. Urban

Matthew W. Urban

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Overview

Matthew W. Urban is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has a substantial record of research publications in the fields of Medicine and Engineering.

Their work primarily focuses on Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography, with additional contributions in Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, Elasticity and Material Modeling, and Flow Measurement and Analysis.

Urban has a significant involvement in the subfields of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Surgery.

Some of the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Urban include:

  • "Radiological Society of North America/Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance Shear Wave Speed Bias Quantification in Elastic and Viscoelastic Phantoms," 2021, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • "Local Phase Velocity Based Imaging of Viscoelastic Phantoms and Tissues," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
  • "Phase Velocity Estimation With Expanded Bandwidth in Viscoelastic Phantoms and Tissues," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • "Combined spatiotemporal and frequency-dependent shear wave elastography enables detection of vulnerable carotid plaques as validated by MRI," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Y-box binding protein-1 is crucial in acquired drug resistance development in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma," 2020, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Urban include:

  • Christine U. Lee
  • Piotr Kijanka
  • Murthy N. Guddati
  • James F. Greenleaf
  • Gina K. Hesley

Urban's research has been published widely across several scientific journals, with the most common venues including:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Ultrasonics

Best Publications

  • Shearwave dispersion ultrasound vibrometry (SDUV) for measuring tissue elasticity and viscosity

    Shigao Chen;M. Urban;C. Pislaru;R. Kinnick

  • AN OVERVIEW OF ELASTOGRAPHY - AN EMERGING BRANCH OF MEDICAL IMAGING.

    Armen Sarvazyan;Timothy J. Hall;Matthew W. Urban;Mostafa Fatemi

  • Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE): A Novel Method for Two-Dimensional Shear Elasticity Imaging of Soft Tissues

    Pengfei Song;Heng Zhao;A. Manduca;M. W. Urban

  • Acoustic Waves in Medical Imaging and Diagnostics

    Armen P. Sarvazyan;Matthew W. Urban;James F. Greenleaf

  • Material property estimation for tubes and arteries using ultrasound radiation force and analysis of propagating modes

    Miguel Bernal;Ivan Nenadic;Matthew W. Urban;James F. Greenleaf

  • Fast shear compounding using robust 2-D shear wave speed calculation and multi-directional filtering.

    Pengfei Song;Armando Manduca;Heng Zhao;Matthew W. Urban

  • Lamb wave dispersion ultrasound vibrometry (LDUV) method for quantifying mechanical properties of viscoelastic solids

    Ivan Z Nenadic;Matthew W Urban;Scott A Mitchell;James F Greenleaf

  • Arterial Stiffness Estimation by Shear Wave Elastography: Validation in Phantoms with Mechanical Testing

    Elira Maksuti;Elira Maksuti;Erik Widman;Erik Widman;David Larsson;Matthew W. Urban

  • Bias observed in time-of-flight shear wave speed measurements using radiation force of a focused ultrasound beam.

    Heng Zhao;Pengfei Song;Matthew W. Urban;Randall R. Kinnick

  • A Review of Shearwave Dispersion Ultrasound Vibrometry (SDUV) and its Applications.

    Matthew W. Urban;Shigao Chen;Mostafa Fatemi

  • Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE) With Various Ultrasound Push Beams

    Pengfei Song;Matthew W. Urban;Armando Manduca;Heng Zhao

  • Two-dimensional shear-wave elastography on conventional ultrasound scanners with time-aligned sequential tracking (TAST) and comb-push ultrasound shear elastography (CUSE)

    Pengfei Song;Michael C. Macdonald;Russell H. Behler;Justin D. Lanning

  • Improved Shear Wave Motion Detection Using Pulse-Inversion Harmonic Imaging With a Phased Array Transducer

    Pengfei Song;Heng Zhao;Matthew W. Urban;Armando Manduca

  • Attenuation measuring ultrasound shearwave elastography and in vivo application in post-transplant liver patients

    Ivan Z Nenadic;Bo Qiang;Matthew W Urban;Heng Zhao

  • Error in estimates of tissue material properties from shear wave dispersion ultrasound vibrometry

    M.W. Urban;Shigao Chen;J.F. Greenleaf

  • Shearwave dispersion ultrasound vibrometry (sduv) on swine kidney

    Carolina Amador;Matthew W. Urban;Shigao Chen;James F. Greenleaf

  • Shear Elastic Modulus Estimation From Indentation and SDUV on Gelatin Phantoms

    Carolina Amador;M W Urban;Shigao Chen;Qingshan Chen

  • On Lamb and Rayleigh wave convergence in viscoelastic tissues

    Ivan Z Nenadic;Matthew W Urban;Sara Aristizabal;Scott A Mitchell

  • Shear wave elastography plaque characterization with mechanical testing validation: a phantom study.

    Erik Widman;Elira Maksuti;Elira Maksuti;David Larsson;David Larsson;M W Urban

  • Superficial ultrasound shear wave speed measurements in soft and hard elasticity phantoms: repeatability and reproducibility using two ultrasound systems

    Jonathan R. Dillman;Shigao Chen;Matthew S. Davenport;Heng Zhao

  • A Review of Vibro-acoustography and its Applications in Medicine.

    Matthew W. Urban;Azra Alizad;Wilkins Aquino;James F. Greenleaf

  • RSNA QIBA ultrasound shear wave speed Phase II phantom study in viscoelastic media

    Mark Palmeri;Kathy Nightingale;Shana Fielding;Ned Rouze

  • Measurement of Viscoelastic Properties of In Vivo Swine Myocardium Using Lamb Wave Dispersion Ultrasound Vibrometry (LDUV)

    M. W. Urban;C. Pislaru;I. Z. Nenadic;R. R. Kinnick

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigao Chen
Shigao Chen Mayo Clinic
Mostafa Fatemi
Mostafa Fatemi Mayo Clinic
Armando Manduca
Armando Manduca Mayo Clinic
John Huston
John Huston Mayo Clinic
Mark L. Palmeri
Mark L. Palmeri Duke University
David F. Kallmes
David F. Kallmes Mayo Clinic
Farid G. Mitri
Farid G. Mitri Chevron (Netherlands)

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