Preliminary comparison of 3D synthetic aperture imaging with Explososcan

Morten Fischer Rasmussen; Jens Munk Hansen; Guillaume Férin; Rémi Dufait; Jørgen Arendt Jensen

doi:10.1117/12.913925

24 February 2012 Preliminary comparison of 3D synthetic aperture imaging with Explososcan

Morten Fischer Rasmussen, Jens Munk Hansen, Guillaume Férin, Rémi Dufait, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proceedings Volume 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy; 83200F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.913925
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Explososcan is the 'gold standard' for real-time 3D medical ultrasound imaging. In this paper, 3D synthetic aperture imaging is compared to Explososcan by simulation of 3D point spread functions. The simulations mimic a 32×32 element prototype transducer. The transducer mimicked is a dense matrix phased array with a pitch of 300 μm, made by Vermon. For both imaging techniques, 289 emissions are used to image a volume spanning 60° in both the azimuth and elevation direction and 150mm in depth. This results for both techniques in a frame rate of 18 Hz. The implemented synthetic aperture technique reduces the number of transmit channels from 1024 to 256, compared to Explososcan. In terms of FWHM performance, was Explososcan and synthetic aperture found to perform similar. At 90mm depth is Explososcan's FWHM performance 7% better than that of synthetic aperture. Synthetic aperture improved the cystic resolution, which expresses the ability to detect anechoic cysts in a uniform scattering media, at all depths except at Explososcan's focus point. Synthetic aperture reduced the cyst radius, R_20dB, at 90mm depth by 48%. Synthetic aperture imaging was shown to reduce the number of transmit channels by four and still, generally, improve the imaging quality.

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Morten Fischer Rasmussen, Jens Munk Hansen, Guillaume Férin, Rémi Dufait, and Jørgen Arendt Jensen "Preliminary comparison of 3D synthetic aperture imaging with Explososcan", Proc. SPIE 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy, 83200F (24 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.913925

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