Conference paper
Full Volumetric 3-D Vector Flow Imaging Using a 62+62 Row-Column Array
Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark1
Biomedical Engineering, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark2
Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark3
Cardiovascular Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark4
Row Column (RC) Arrays can produce highresolution 3-D volumetric images with only 2N interconnections compared to N2 for matrix probes. A 62+62 RC probe has four times larger surface area and one-eighth of the channel count when compared to the same-pitch fully populated 32x32 matrix probe. This research investigates the performance of such a prototype array for volumetric Synthetic Aperture (SA) B-mode and vector flow imaging using defocused waves.
An interleaved SA sequence was implemented on the SARUS scanner using a 3 MHz, λ/2-pitch 62+62 RC piezoelectric probe. The sequence contains repeated emissions with rows and columns interleaved with B-mode emissions. The sequence contains 80 emissions in total and can provide a volume rate above 125 Hz yielding continuous data.
Velocities were estimated using the Directional Transverse Oscillation Cross-Correlation method. Measurements were made on a circulating flow rig with a parabolic profile with a peak velocity of 0.25 m/s and beam-to-flow angle of 90º, and two different rotation angles (0º, 45º). Results showed a maximum bias of -17.5% and a standard deviation of 3.9%.
A second setup used a tissue mimicking phantom with pulsating flow showing full volumetric flow estimated using the method. The flow was visualized in the entire rectilinear volume at once, with B-mode planes selectable in the entire region. This was attained using only 62 channels in receive making full volumetric imaging and velocity estimation implementable on current scanner hardware.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2019 |
Pages: | 864-867 |
Proceedings: | 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium |
ISBN: | 1728145961 , 172814597X , 172814597x , 9781728145969 , 9781728145976 , 1728145953 and 9781728145952 |
ISSN: | 19485727 |
Types: | Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8925885 |
ORCIDs: | Jørgensen, Lasse Thurmann , Stuart, Matthias Bo , Traberg, Marie Sand , Tomov, Borislav Gueorguiev and Jensen, Jørgen Arendt |