Visualization of a simulated lymph channel using contrast enhanced active Doppler ultrasonography method

Katsuya Saito, Kenji Yoshida, Masaaki Omura, Takuma Oguri, Naohisa Kamiyama, Tadashi Yamaguchi

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Abstract

This study proposed a method for visualizing lymph channels filled with stationary fluid, named contrast-enhanced active Doppler ultrasonography (CEADUS). CEADUS can quantify the translation of ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) due to the acoustic radiation force by Doppler method. In this report, we attempted to visualize a cylindrical channels with a diameter of 0.28 and 0.1-mm filled with a suspension of Sonazoid™ as UCAs in a tissue mimicking phantom containing acoustic scatterers. The single element concave transducer with 14.4-MHz center frequency was scanned at the step of 10 μm in the lateral direction, and ultrasound was emitted with pulse repetition frequency of 2 kHz at each scan line. We obtained two-dimensional images using dynamic information of the UCAs by analyzing for several seconds exposure duration in echo signals at each scanning line. As a result, the CEADUS image could be detected with high sensitivity even when the channel diameter was below the resolution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages2299-2302
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728145969
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019/10
Event2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 2019/10/062019/10/09

Publication series

NameIEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
Volume2019-October
ISSN (Print)1948-5719
ISSN (Electronic)1948-5727

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period2019/10/062019/10/09

Keywords

  • Doppler effects
  • acoustic radiation force
  • simulated lymph channel
  • translational velocity
  • ultrasound contrast agent

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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