Modeling Breast Ultrasound; on the Applicability of Commonly Made Approximations

• Autorzy: Taskin U. , Ozmen N. , Gemmeke H. , van Dongen K. W. A.

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DOI

10.24425/123914

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

To design breast ultrasound scanning systems or to test new imaging methods, various computer models are used to simulate the acoustic wave field propagation through a breast. The computer models vary in complexity depending on the applied approximations. The objective of this paper is to investigate how the applied approximations affect the resulting wave field. In particular, we investigate the importance of taking three-dimensional (3-D) spatial variations in the compressibility, volume density of mass, and attenuation into account. In addition, we compare four 3-D solution methods: a full-wave method, a Born approximation method, a parabolic approximation method, and a ray-based method. Results show that, for frequencies below 1 MHz, the amplitude of the fields scattering off the compressibility or density contrasts are at least 24 dB higher than the amplitude of the fields scattering off the attenuation contrasts. The results also show that considering only speed of sound as a contrast is a valid approximation. In addition, it is shown that the pressure field modeled with the full-wave method is more accurate than the fields modeled using the other three methods. Finally, the accuracy of the full-wave method is location independent whereas the accuracy of the other methods strongly depends on the point of observation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

breast ultrasound; forward modeling; full-wave method

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 43, No. 3
• Strony: 425--435
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 34 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Taskin U.

• Laboratory of Acoustical Wavefield Imaging, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

autor

Ozmen N.

• Philips Healthcare, 5684 PC Best, The Netherlands

autor

Gemmeke H.

• KIT, Institute for Electronics and Data Processing, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

autor

van Dongen K. W. A.

• Laboratory of Acoustical Wavefield Imaging, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).