Pulse inversion Doppler: a new method for detecting nonlinear echoes from microbubble contrast agents

1997 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings. An International Symposium (Cat. No.97CH36118) Pub Date : 1997-10-05 DOI:10.1109/ULTSYM.1997.663301

D. Simpson, P. Burns

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A novel technique for the selective detection of ultrasound contrast agents, called pulse inversion Doppler, has been developed. In this technique, a conventional Doppler pulse sequence is modified by inverting every second transmit pulse. Either conventional or harmonic Doppler processing is then performed on the received echoes. In the resulting Doppler spectra, Doppler shifts from linear and nonlinear scattering are separated into two distinct regions which can be analyzed separately or combined to estimate the ratio of nonlinear to linear scattering from a region of tissue. The maximum Doppler shift which can be detected is 1/2 the normal Nyquist limit. In vitro measurements comparing flowing agent and cellulose particles suggest that pulse inversion Doppler can provide 3 to 10 dB more agent to tissue contrast than harmonic imaging with similar pulses. Similar measurements suggest that broadband pulse inversion Doppler can provide up to 16 dB more contrast than broadband conventional Doppler.

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1997 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings. An International Symposium (Cat. No.97CH36118)

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