ArticleIEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2025
Integrated Difference Autocorrelation: A Novel Approach to Estimate Shear Wave Speed in the Presence of Compression Waves.
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objectiveIn shear wave elastography (SWE), the aim is to measure the velocity of shear waves, however unwanted compression waves and bulk tissue motion pose challenges in evaluating tissue stiffness. Conventional approaches often struggle to discriminate between shear and compression waves, leading to inaccurate shear wave speed (SWS) estimation. In this study, we propose a novel approach known as the integrated difference autocorrelation (IDA) estimator to accurately estimate reverberant SWS in the presence of compression waves and noise.
methodsThe IDA estimator, unlike conventional techniques, computes the subtraction of velocity between neighboring particles, effectively minimizing the impact of long wavelength compression waves and other wide-area movements such as those caused by respiration. We evaluated the effectiveness of IDA by: (1) using k-Wave simulations of a branching cylinder in a soft background, (2) using ultrasound elastography on a breast phantom, (3) using ultrasound elastography in the human liver-kidney region, and (4) using magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) on a brain phantom.
resultsBy applying IDA to unfiltered contaminated wave fields of simulation and elastography experiments, the estimated SWSs are in good agreement with the ground truth values (i.e., less than 2% error for the simulation, 9% error for ultrasound elastography of the breast phantom and 19% error for MRE).
conclusionOur results demonstrate that IDA accurately estimates SWS, revealing the existence of a lesion, even in the presence of strong compression waves. SIGNIFICANCE: IDA exhibits consistency in SWS estimation across different modalities and excitation scenarios, highlighting its robustness and potential clinical utility.
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