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ArticleIEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control2017

Dual-Phase Transmit Focusing for Multiangle Compound Shear-Wave Elasticity Imaging.

Heechul Yoon, Salavat R Aglyamov, Stanislav Y Emelianov

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Article in IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors.

Heechul Yoon
Salavat R Aglyamov
Stanislav Y Emelianov

Funding

Functional, cellular, and molecular imaging and therapy monitoring using ultrasouR01CA158598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI EMELIANOV, STANISLAV Y, ESTEVA, FRANCISCO J · 2012 to 2018
$2.8M
Molecular photothermal therapy of cancer using targeted metal nanoparticlesR01CA149740 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI EMELIANOV, STANISLAV Y · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA149740NCI NIH HHS R01 CA158598
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Abstract

Shear-wave elasticity imaging (SWEI) enables the quantitative assessment of the mechanical properties of tissue. In SWEI, the effective generation of acoustic radiation force is of paramount importance. Consequently, several research groups have investigated various transmit beamforming and pulse-sequencing methods. To further improve the efficiency of the shear-wave generation, and therefore, to increase the quality of SWEI, we introduce a technique referred to as "multiangle compound SWEI" (MAC-SWEI), which uses simultaneous multiangular push beams created by dual-phase transmit focusing. By applying a constant phase offset on every other element of an array transducer, dual-phase transmit focusing creates both main and grating lobes (i.e., multiangular push beams for pushing) to simultaneously generate shear waves with several wavefront angles. The shear waves propagating at different angles are separated by multidirectional filtering in the frequency domain, leading to the reconstruction of multiple spatially co-registered shear-wave velocity maps. To form a single-elasticity image, these maps are combined, while regions associated with known artifacts created by the push beams are omitted. Overall, we developed and tested the MAC-SWEI method using Field II quantitative simulations and the experiments performed using a programmable ultrasound imaging system. Our results suggest that MAC-SWEI with dual-phase transmit focusing may improve the quality of elasticity maps.

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Computer SimulationElasticity Imaging TechniquesImage Processing, Computer-AssistedPhantoms, Imaging

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PMCPMC5668129

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