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Online detection and evaluation of early fatigue cracks using sideband peak intensity technique with frequency-mismatched excitation pulse-echo method 基于频率不匹配激励脉冲回波的边带峰值强度技术在线检测与评价早期疲劳裂纹。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107559
Fengling Wang , Mingzhu Sun , Shuzeng Zhang , Guangdong Zhang , Xiongbing Li , Tribikram Kundu
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The effect of micro-vessel viscosity on the resonance response of a two-microbubble system 微血管粘度对双微泡系统共振响应的影响。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107558
Hossein Yusefi , Brandon Helfield
{"title":"The effect of micro-vessel viscosity on the resonance response of a two-microbubble system","authors":"Hossein Yusefi ,&nbsp;Brandon Helfield","doi":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107558","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107558","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Clinical ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles remain intravascular and are between 1–8 µm in diameter, with a volume-weighted mean size of 2–3 µm. Despite their worldwide clinical utility as a diagnostic contrast agent, and their continued and ongoing success as a local therapeutic vector, the fundamental interplay between microbubbles – including bubble–bubble interaction and the effects of a neighboring viscoelastic vessel wall, remain poorly understood. In this work, we developed a finite element model to study the physics of the complex system of two different-sized bubbles (2 and 3 µm in diameter) confined within a viscoelastic vessel from a resonance response perspective (3–12 MHz). Here, we focus on the effect of micro-vessel wall viscosity on the resulting vibrational activity of the two-bubble system. The larger bubble (3 µm) was not influenced by its smaller companion bubble, and we observed a significant dampening effect across all transmit frequencies when confined within the vessel of increasing viscosity, an expected result. However, the smaller bubble (2 µm) was highly influenced by its larger neighboring bubble, including the induction of a strong low-frequency resonant response – resulting in transmit frequency windows in which its response in a lightly damped vessel far exceeded its vibration amplitude when unconfined. Further, micro-vessel wall dynamics closely mimic the frequency-dependence of the adjacent bubbles. Our findings imply that for a system of multi-bubbles within a viscoelastic vessel, the larger bubble physics dominates the system by inducing the smaller bubble and the vessel wall to follow its vibration – an effect that can be amplified within a lightly damped vessel. These findings have important implications for contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging and therapeutic applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23522,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasonics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107558"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142872987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ultrasound imaging with flexible transducers based on real-time and high-accuracy shape estimation 基于实时、高精度形状估计的柔性换能器超声成像。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107551
Xue Gao , Lihong Huang , Peng Huang , Yuanyuan Wang , Yi Guo
{"title":"Ultrasound imaging with flexible transducers based on real-time and high-accuracy shape estimation","authors":"Xue Gao ,&nbsp;Lihong Huang ,&nbsp;Peng Huang ,&nbsp;Yuanyuan Wang ,&nbsp;Yi Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ultrasound imaging with flexible transducers requires the knowledge of shape geometry for effective beamforming, which such geometry is variable and often unknown. The conventional iteration-based shape estimation methods estimate transducer shape with high computational expense. Although deep-learning-based methods are introduced to reduce computation time, their low shape estimation accuracy limits the practical applications. In this paper, we propose a novel deep-learning-based approach, called FlexSANet, for shape estimation in ultrasound imaging with flexible transducers, which rapidly achieves precise shape estimation and then reconstructs high-quality images. First, in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) data are demodulated from raw radio frequency (RF) data to provide comprehensive guidance for the estimation task. A sparse processing mechanism is employed to extract crucial channel signals, resulting in sparse I/Q data and reducing the estimation time. Then, a spatial-aware shape estimation network establishes a one-shot mapping between the sparse I/Q data and the flexible probe shape. Finally, the ultrasound image is reconstructed using the delay-and-sum (DAS) beamformer with estimated shape. Massive comparisons on simulation datasets and <em>in vivo</em> datasets demonstrate the superiority of the proposed shape estimation method in rapidly and accurately estimating the transducer shape, leading to real-time and high-quality imaging. The mean absolute error of element position in shape estimation is below 1/8 wavelengths for simulation and <em>in vivo</em> experiments, indicating minimal element position error. The structural similarity between the ultrasound images reconstructed with real and estimated shapes is above 0.84 for simulation experiments and 0.80 for <em>in vivo</em> experiments, demonstrating superior image quality. More significantly, its estimation time on CPU of only 0.12 s promises clinical application potential of flexible ultrasound transducers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23522,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasonics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107551"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142855606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A laser ultrasound emitter based on high-power diode laser in overdrive operation mode for biomedical imaging applications 一种基于大功率二极管激光器超速工作模式的生物医学成像激光超声发射器。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107548
Miguel Sanchez , Daniel Gallego , Alexander A. Oraevsky , Horacio Lamela
{"title":"A laser ultrasound emitter based on high-power diode laser in overdrive operation mode for biomedical imaging applications","authors":"Miguel Sanchez ,&nbsp;Daniel Gallego ,&nbsp;Alexander A. Oraevsky ,&nbsp;Horacio Lamela","doi":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107548","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107548","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The most common transducers used to generate ultrasound in medical applications are based on short electrical pulses applied to piezoelectric transducers and capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers. However, piezoelectric transducers have a limited frequency bandwidth, defined by their physical thickness, and capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers have poor transmission efficiency. The high frequency cutoff limits the spatial resolution of ultrasonic images. The low frequency cutoff limits volumetric contrast of objects on ultrasound images so that typically only tissue boundaries are displayed. These limitations can be overcome with laser generated ultrasound. Laser ultrasound generation is based on the optoacoustic effect, which greatly increases the bandwidth of ultrasound signals. We show the generation of ultra-wideband ultrasound pulses using high power diode lasers operating in the overdrive regime, and thin composite films of candle soot in polydimethylsiloxane matrix as transmitters. We achieved a peak pressure of 228.59 kPa and a ultrawive bandwidth of 0.1 MHz-to-30 MHz (<span><math><mrow><mi>B</mi><msub><mrow><mi>W</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>6</mn><mi>d</mi><mi>B</mi></mrow></msub><mo>≈</mo><mn>200</mn><mtext>%</mtext></mrow></math></span>) at -6 dB level with an optoacoustic conversion efficiency of 6.27 × 10<sup>−3</sup> [Pa/(W/m<sup>2</sup>)] or 3.35 × 10<sup>6</sup> [Pa/(mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>)]. We present a compact and low-cost ultra-wideband laser ultrasound emitter with the possibility to adjust the bandwidth of the transmitted frequency and the ability to generate ultrasonic images in ex-vivo tissues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23522,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasonics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107548"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Investigation of a multi-frequency ultrasonic acoustic pressure source for acoustic agglomeration 一种用于声团聚的多频超声声压源的研究。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107554
Andrius Čeponis , Darius Vainorius , Kristina Kilikevičienė , Artūras Kilikevičius
{"title":"Investigation of a multi-frequency ultrasonic acoustic pressure source for acoustic agglomeration","authors":"Andrius Čeponis ,&nbsp;Darius Vainorius ,&nbsp;Kristina Kilikevičienė ,&nbsp;Artūras Kilikevičius","doi":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper represents numerical and experimental investigations of an ultrasonic multifrequency piezoelectric acoustic pressure source whose target application is acoustic agglomeration of fine and ultrafine particles. The operation of source is based on three vibration modes at 25.83 kHz, 34.73 kHz and 52.41 kHz. Multi-frequency operation allows to obtain three different patterns of acoustic pressure levels which allows to increase performance of the agglomeration process while particles sizes change over time or process. Moreover, acoustic pressure levels, as well as their patterns, were investigated while the source was driven by rectangular and sawtooth signals. Excitation by nonharmonic signals ensured possibility of obtaining modified patterns which results changes in the acoustic pressure levels gradients and allows to obtain different amplitudes of particles vibrations in the agglomeration chamber. Results of numerical and experimental investigations have shown that the ultrasonic acoustic pressure source under excitation by square and sawtooth signals is able to provide maximum sound pressure in the range from 121.6 dB to 132.2 dB while maximum SPL values generated by harmonic signal were indicated in range from 116.4 dB to 129.3 dB. Finally, experimental investigations of acoustic fields impacting particle decrement in air flow have shown that generation of acoustic field by square and sawtooth-shaped signals is able to provide up to 21.38 % and 27.88 % decrement level of 0.3 µm and 1 µm sized particles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23522,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasonics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107554"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142855471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Investigation of rare earth giant magnetostrictive transducers based on improved LTspice circuit model 基于改进型 LTspice 电路模型的稀土巨磁致伸缩传感器研究。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107552
Zitong Mai, Xiping He
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Interaction effects on acoustic emissions of submicron ultrasound contrast agents at subharmonic resonances 亚微米超声造影剂在次谐波共振下声发射的相互作用效应。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107553
Hongmei Tang , Qiao Xiao , Jia Fu , Siyuan Liu , Wei Wang , Dui Qin
{"title":"Interaction effects on acoustic emissions of submicron ultrasound contrast agents at subharmonic resonances","authors":"Hongmei Tang ,&nbsp;Qiao Xiao ,&nbsp;Jia Fu ,&nbsp;Siyuan Liu ,&nbsp;Wei Wang ,&nbsp;Dui Qin","doi":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Submicron ultrasound contrast agents hold great potential to extend the bubble-mediated theranostics beyond the vasculature, but their acoustic response and the interaction effects between them remain poorly understood. This study set out to numerically examine the interaction effects on the subharmonic oscillations of nanobubbles and the resultant acoustic emissions under subharmonic resonance conditions. Results showed that a negative correlation between bubble size and subharmonic resonance frequency is readily obtained from the radius response curves. Moreover, it was also found that the larger nanobubble in a two-nanobubble system generally acts as the primary determinant for the subharmonic oscillations of the smaller one. Specifically, a larger nanobubble excited at its subharmonic resonance conditions can force a smaller nanobubble to undergo subharmonic oscillations, resulting in the generation of subharmonic acoustic emissions. Conversely, under specific resonance conditions, a smaller nanobubble undergoing subharmonic oscillations can also be restrained by a larger nanobubble that is off-resonance and consequently its subharmonic component disappears. Furthermore, it also clearly demonstrated that the generation of subharmonic resonance is pressure threshold dependent and the subharmonic resonant radius is distinctly reduced as the acoustic pressure increases. By contrast, a larger nanobubble has a lower pressure threshold than that of a smaller one, when subjected to their subharmonic resonance conditions respectively. More importantly, the higher pressure threshold of a smaller nanobubble can be prominently decreased by the interaction effects from a nearby larger nanobubble. For two interacting nanobubbles, the interaction effects strongly depend on the inter-bubble distance, and the farther the two nanobubbles is, the weaker the interaction effects become and even can be ignored. Additionally, the impacts of the lipid shell properties indicated that increasing shell viscoelasticity can increase the subharmonic resonant radius but dampen the subharmonic oscillations and the resultant acoustic emissions, which is more sensitive to the shell viscosity. This study can contribute to a better understanding of the complex interaction effects between submicron ultrasound contrast agents on the resultant acoustic emissions, potentially advancing nanobubble-specific ultrasound applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23522,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasonics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107553"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142839802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mitigating high frame rate demands in shear wave elastography using radial basis function-based reconstruction: An experimental phantom study 利用基于径向基函数的重构减轻剪切波弹性成像的高帧频要求:实验模型研究
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107542
Sajjad Afrakhteh, Libertario Demi
{"title":"Mitigating high frame rate demands in shear wave elastography using radial basis function-based reconstruction: An experimental phantom study","authors":"Sajjad Afrakhteh,&nbsp;Libertario Demi","doi":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107542","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107542","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background:</h3><div>Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a technique that quantifies tissue stiffness by assessing the speed of shear waves propagating after being excited by acoustic radiation force. SWE allows the quantification of elastic tissue properties and serves as an adjunct to conventional ultrasound techniques, aiding in tissue characterization. To capture this transient propagation of the shear wave, the ultrasound device must be able to reach very high frame rates.</div></div><div><h3>Methodology:</h3><div>In this paper, our aim is to relax the high frame rate requirement for SWE imaging. To this end, we propose lower frame rate SWE imaging followed by employing a 2-dimensional (2D) radial basis functions (RBF)-based interpolation. More specifically, the process involves obtaining low frame rate data and then temporal upsampling to reach a synthetic high frame rate data by inserting the ‘UpS-1’ image frames with missing values between two successive image frames (UpS: Upsampling rate). Finally, we apply the proposed interpolation technique to reconstruct the missing values within the incomplete high frame rate data.</div></div><div><h3>Results and conclusion:</h3><div>The results obtained from employing the proposed model on two experimental datasets indicate that we can relax the frame rate requirement of SWE imaging by a factor of 4 while maintaining shear wave speed (SWS), group velocity, and phase velocity estimates closely align with the high frame rate SWE model so that the error is less than 3%. Furthermore, analysis of the structural similarity index (SSIM) and root mean squared error (RMSE) on the 2D-SWS maps highlights the efficacy of the suggested technique in enhancing local SWS estimates, even at a downsampling (DS) factor of 4. For <span><math><mrow><mi>D</mi><mi>S</mi><mo>≤</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></math></span>, the SSIM values between the 2D-SWS maps produced by the proposed technique and those generated by the original high frame rate data consistently remain above 0.94. Additionally, the RMSE values is below 0.37 m/s, indicating promising performance of the proposed technique in reconstruction of SWS values.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23522,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasonics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107542"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A resonant quadruped piezoelectric robot inspired by human butterfly swimming patterns 受人类蝴蝶游泳模式启发的谐振四足压电机器人。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107543
Jiateng Shi , Pingqing Fan , Jie Liu
{"title":"A resonant quadruped piezoelectric robot inspired by human butterfly swimming patterns","authors":"Jiateng Shi ,&nbsp;Pingqing Fan ,&nbsp;Jie Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107543","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107543","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Piezoelectric micro-robots have gained considerable attention in rescue and medical applications due to their rapid response times and high positioning accuracy. In this paper, inspired by the human butterfly locomotion pattern, we propose a novel resonant four-legged piezoelectric micro-robot designed to achieve fast and efficient movement in complex and confined spaces. The robot utilizes the parallel piezoelectric bimorph as the driving unit, and its leg structure mimics the butterfly motion. By employing asymmetric driving forces, the robot can achieve multi-directional movement. A dynamic model of the robot is developed, and the stress and motion characteristics are analyzed. The finite element method (FEM) is applied to optimize the structural parameters and determine the robot’s optimal operating frequency. Finally, the prototype of the piezoelectric robot is constructed, and its performance is evaluated. The results show that, under an excitation voltage of 80 V, the robot achieves a maximum speed of 66.1 mm/s, can carry a load of up to 100 g, and withstand a maximum drag force of 15.3 mN. The robot demonstrates sub-micron resolution, excellent environmental adaptability, and precise rotational capabilities, making it suitable for tasks such as exploration, mapping, and sampling in constrained environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23522,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasonics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107543"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142795140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Advanced synthetic aperture technique to enhance image quality in ultrasound elastography: A novel strategy 提高超声弹性成像成像质量的先进合成孔径技术:一种新策略。
IF 3.8 2区 物理与天体物理
Ultrasonics Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107535
Arpan Ghosh, Arun K Thittai
{"title":"Advanced synthetic aperture technique to enhance image quality in ultrasound elastography: A novel strategy","authors":"Arpan Ghosh,&nbsp;Arun K Thittai","doi":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107535","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107535","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Quasi-static elastography (QSE) is a well-established technique used in medical imaging, where ultrasound data is collected both, before and after applying a slight compression on a tissue. This data is then analyzed to create image frames that reveal the stiffness parameter of the underlying tissue medium. Previous studies have focused on assessing how the Conventional Focused Beam (CFB) transmit method impacts the ultrasound elastography image quality. Recent studies have also shown an interest in synthetic aperture techniques like the Diverging Beam Synthetic Aperture Technique (DBSAT), due to its potential to enhance ultrasound image quality. However, its application in elastography has received limited attention. This paper introduces a new strategy of averaging low-resolution elastogram frames (LREA), obtained from DBSAT transmit method to improve the quality of elastography images. The CFB technique involves scanning the tissue line by line. In contrast, DBSAT is a synthetic aperture method that generates multiple low-resolution elastogram frames before combining them together to create a single high-quality image. In this research paper all the experimental studies were conducted on an agar-gelatin phantom, demonstrating the effectiveness of estimating elastograms from the low-resolution frame data of DBSAT transmit scheme and then summing them together to produce an elastogram with enhanced image quality. The results show a maximum improvement of 8 dB in the image quality metric of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as well as a 7 dB improvement in contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) when comparing elastography images obtained by the proposed LREA method and the elastography images obtained by regular processing of the RF data acquired using the different methods of CFB and DBSAT.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23522,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasonics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107535"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142795152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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