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Statistical analysis of ultrasound echo for skin lesions classification

Piotrzkowska H., Litniewski J., Szymańska A., Nowicki A.

Hydroacoustics

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2012

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Vol. 15

171-178

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Propagation of ultrasonic waves in the tissue is sensitive to the alternation of tissue composition and structure.. This paper presents the classification of healthy skin and skin lesions (basal cell carcinoma (BCC)) based on statistic parameters of the envelope of echosignal. The statistics of envelope of the ultrasonic signal was modeled using Rayleigh and non-Rayleigh (the K-distribution) statistics. Furthermore the characteristic parameter of K-distribution, the effective number of scaterrers (M) was investigated. Comparison of the results obtained for region of the skin where the BCC was diagnosed and the regions of healthy skin has shown differences in the values of M parameter. These results indicate that this parameter has the potential for extracting information useful for characterizing skin lesions.

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Ultrasonic Echosignal Applied to Human Skin Lesions Characterization

Piotrzkowska H., Litniewski J., Szymańska E., Nowicki A.

Archives of Acoustics

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2012

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Vol. 37, No. 1

103-108

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The paper presents a classification of the healthy skin and the skin lesions (basal cell carcinoma) basing on a statistics of the envelope of ultrasonic echoes. The echoes envelopes distributions were modeled using Rayleigh and K-distribution. The distributions were compared with empirical data to find which of them better models the statistics of the echo-signal obtained from the human skin. The results indicated that the K-distribution provides a better fit. Also, a characteristic parameter of the K-distribution, the effective number of scatterers (M), was investigated. The values of the M parameter, obtained for the skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma), were lower as compared to those obtained for the healthy skin. The results indicate that the statistical quan- titative ultrasound parameters have a potential for extracting information useful for characterization of the skin condition.

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Statistics of envelope of high frequency ultrasound signal backscattered in human dermis

Piotrzkowska H., Litniewski J., Szymańska E., Lewandowski M., Nowicki A.

Hydroacoustics

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2010

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Vol. 13

205-214

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The scattering of ultrasonic waves depends on the size, shape, acoustical properties and concentration of scatterers in tissue. In these study K distribution of the ultrasound backscatter envelope was used to assess the structural properties of the skin tissue. The custom-designed high frequency ultrasonic scanner was applied to obtain RF B-scans of the skin in vivo at the frequency of 20 ÷ 30MHz. The results are encouraging. The K distribution models the envelope statistics very well. The parameters of the K-distribution, namely, the effective number of scatterers may be useful for the skin characterization.

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Use of Quantitative Ultrasound to Measure Acoustic Properties of Human Skin

Piotrzkowska H., Litniewski J., Lewandowski M., Szymańska E., Nowicki A.

Archives of Acoustics

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2009

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Vol. 34, No. 4

471-480

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The scattering of ultrasonic waves depends on the size, shape, acoustical properties and concentration of scatterers in the tissue. The spectrum of the ultrasonic backscatter can be used to characterize non-invasively the structural and mechanical properties of tissue. We intend to apply the custom-designed high-frequency ultrasonic scanner for the skin and cutaneous lesions characterization by evaluating their attenuating and scattering properties. In this pilot study, we have explored the possibility of extracting the human skin backscattering coefficient (BC) from the ultrasonic B-scans obtained in vivo at 20–30 MHz. The measured BC values of normal skin (dermis) agree well with the published data. We have found also that the spatial resolution of the BC determination using our scanner is sufficient (aprox. 1 mm2) to characterize small skin lesions and assess their penetration depth.