Ex-vivo validation of spatial gain sonography for the quantification of echo intensity in fascicle-aligned ultrasound images in ten anatomical muscles in Bos taurus.

Sophie C Rosahl, Philipp Rauschendorfer, Lukas Arndt, Thomas Voigtmann, Uwe Mittag, Jörn Rittweger

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Sophie C RosahlInstitute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany. sophierosahl@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1068-9054

Philipp RauschendorferInstitute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-1908-5689

Lukas ArndtInstitute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.

Thomas VoigtmannInstitute of Material Physics in Space, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1261-9295

Uwe MittagInstitute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.

Jörn RittwegerInstitute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2223-8963

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) · DE

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Abstract

This study aimed to validate the concept of spatial gain sonography for quantifying texture-related echo intensity in B-mode ultrasound of skeletal muscle. Fifty-one bovine muscles were scanned postmortem using B-mode ultrasonography at varying fascicle probe angles (FPA). The relationship between mean gray values (MGV) and FPA was fitted with a sinusoidal and a linear function, the slope of which was defined as tilt echo gain (TEG). Macroscopic muscle cross sections were optically analyzed for intramuscular connective tissue (IMCT) content which was plotted against MGV at 0° FPA (MGV_00). MGV peaked at FPA 0°. Sine fits were superior to linear fits (adjusted r

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Muscle, SkeletalAnimalsCattleUltrasonographyB-mode ultrasoundFasciaIntramuscular connective tissueMusculoskeletal ultrasonographySpatial gain ultrasonography

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PMID38360989

DOI10.1007/978-3-662-54801-1

PMCPMC10869723

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