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Contrast and Volume Rate Enhancement of 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Using Aperiodic Plane Wave Angles: A Simulation Study.
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control; Nov2019, Vol. 66 Issue 11, p1731-1748, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Three-dimensional plane wave imaging (PWI) with a 2-D array has been studied for ultrafast volumetric imaging in medical ultrasound. Compared to 2-D PWI, 3-D PWI requires the transmission of an increased number of plane waves (PWs) to scan a volume of interest and achieve transmit dynamic focusing in both the lateral and elevational directions. To reduce the number of PW angles for a given 2-D angular range by mitigating the grating lobe level, we propose two aperiodic patterns of PW angles: concentric rings with a uniform radial interval and the well-known sunflower pattern. Both patterns are validated to provide uniform angle distributions without regular periodicity, and thereby reduce the grating lobe level compared to a periodic angle distribution with the same number of PW angles. Simulation studies show that the aperiodic patterns enhance the contrast of B-mode images by approximately 3–6 dB over all depths. This enhancement implies that the aperiodic angle sets can increase the volume rate by approximately 2–6 times compared to the periodic angle set at the same contrast and spatial resolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08853010
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139410959
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2019.2931495