Affiliation:
1. School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518057, China
Abstract
Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) can visualize a target with multiple imaging contrasts, which were demonstrated individually previously. Here, to improve the imaging quality, the dynamic speed of sound (SoS) map derived from the transmission USCT will be adapted for the correction of the acoustic speed variation in the reflection USCT. The variable SoS map was firstly restored via the optimized simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique with the time of flights selected from the transmitted ultrasonic signals. Then, the multi-stencils fast marching method was used to calculate the delay time from each element to the grids in the imaging field of view. Finally, the delay time in conventional constant-speed-assumed delay and sum (DAS) beamforming would be replaced by the practical computed delay time to achieve higher delay accuracy in the reflection USCT. The results from the numerical, phantom, and in vivo experiments show that our approach enables multi-modality imaging, accurate target localization, and precise boundary detection with the full-view fast imaging performance. The proposed method and its implementation are of great value for accurate, fast, and multi-modality USCT imaging, particularly suitable for highly acoustic heterogeneous medium.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Biochemistry,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Analytical Chemistry
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