Ultrasonic Mammography with Circular Transducer Array

• Autorzy: Opieliński K. J. , Pruchnicki P. , Gudra T.

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DOI

10.2478/aoa-2014-0060

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Ultrasonic projection imaging is similar to X-ray radiography. Nowadays, ultrasonic projection methods have been developed in the set-up of multi-element flat arrays with miniature transducers, where one of the array acts as a transmitter and the other one is a receiver. In the paper, a new method of the projection imaging using a 1024-element circular ultrasonic trans- ducer array is presented. It allows the choice of a projection scanning plane for any angle around a studied object submerged in water. Fast acquisition of measurement data is achieved as a result of parallel switch- ing of opposite transmitting and receiving transducers in the circular array and vertical movement of the array. The algorithm equalizing the length of measurement rays and the distances between them was elaborated for the reconstruction of projection images. Projection research results of breast phantom obtained by means of the elaborated measurement set- up and compared with mammography simulations (acquired through overlapping of X-ray tomographic images) show that ultrasonic projection method presented in this paper (so-called ultrasonic mammogra- phy) can be applied to the woman’s breast and be used as a diagnosis for an early detection of cancerous lesions. It can, most of all, be used as an alternative or complementary method to standard mammog- raphy, which is harmful because of ionizing radiation and invasive due to the mechanical compression of tissue.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ultrasonic projection imaging; UPI; ultrasonic mammography; circular transducer array; woman’s breast tissue

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: Vol. 39, No. 4
• Strony: 559--568
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 32 poz., rys., schem.

Twórcy

autor

Opieliński K. J.

• Chair of Acoustics and Multimedia, Department of Electronics, Wrocław University of Technology Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Pruchnicki P.

• Chair of Acoustics and Multimedia, Department of Electronics, Wrocław University of Technology Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Gudra T.

• Chair of Acoustics and Multimedia, Department of Electronics, Wrocław University of Technology Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

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