Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, volume 46, issue 4, pages 1765-1778

Innovative aberration correction in ultrasound diagnostics with direct phase estimation for enhanced image quality

Leonov Denis ^{1, 2}

Kulberg Nicholas ³

Yakovleva Tatyana ³

Solovyova Polina ²

Costa Júnior José Francisco Silva ⁴

Saikia Manob Jyoti ⁵

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National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute”, Moscow, Russia |

Federal Research Centre “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |

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Brazilian Air Force Academy, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil |

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Department of Electrical Engineering, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, USA |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2023-10-05

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DOI: 10.1007/s13246-023-01338-0

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Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Abstract

The paper addresses a crucial challenge in medical radiology and introduces a novel general approach, which utilises applied mathematics and information technology techniques, for aberration correction in ultrasound diagnostics. Ultrasound imaging of inhomogeneous media inherently suffers from variations in ultrasonic speed between tissue. The characteristics of aberrations are unique to each patient due to tissue morphology. This study proposes a new phase aberration correction method based on the Fourier transform and leveraging of the synthetic aperture mode. The proposed method enables correction after the emission and reception of ultrasonic wave, allowing for the estimation of aberration profiles for different parts of the sonogram. To demonstrate the method’s performance, this study included the conducting of experiments using a commercially available quality control phantom, an ex-vivo temporal human bone, and specially designed distortion layers. At a frequency of 2 MHz, the experiments demonstrated an increase of two-and-three-quarters in echo signal intensity and a decrease of nearly two-fold in the width of the angular distribution compared to the pre-correction state. However, it is important to note that the implementation of the method has a limitation, as it requires an aperture synthesis mode and access to raw RF data, which restricts use in common scanners. To ensure the reproducibility of the results, this paper provides public access to an in-house C + + code for aberration correction following the proposed method, as well as the dataset used in this study.

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Leonov D. et al. Innovative aberration correction in ultrasound diagnostics with direct phase estimation for enhanced image quality // Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 2023. Vol. 46. No. 4. pp. 1765-1778.

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Leonov D., Kulberg N., Yakovleva T., Solovyova P., Costa Júnior J. F. S., Saikia M. J. Innovative aberration correction in ultrasound diagnostics with direct phase estimation for enhanced image quality // Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 2023. Vol. 46. No. 4. pp. 1765-1778.

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DO - 10.1007/s13246-023-01338-0

UR - https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13246-023-01338-0

TI - Innovative aberration correction in ultrasound diagnostics with direct phase estimation for enhanced image quality

T2 - Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

AU - Leonov, Denis

AU - Kulberg, Nicholas

AU - Yakovleva, Tatyana

AU - Solovyova, Polina

AU - Costa Júnior, José Francisco Silva

AU - Saikia, Manob Jyoti

PY - 2023

DA - 2023/10/05 00:00:00

PB - Springer Nature

SP - 1765-1778

IS - 4

VL - 46

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@article{2023_Leonov,

author = {Denis Leonov and Nicholas Kulberg and Tatyana Yakovleva and Polina Solovyova and José Francisco Silva Costa Júnior and Manob Jyoti Saikia},

title = {Innovative aberration correction in ultrasound diagnostics with direct phase estimation for enhanced image quality},

journal = {Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine},

year = {2023},

volume = {46},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {oct},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13246-023-01338-0},

number = {4},

pages = {1765--1778},

doi = {10.1007/s13246-023-01338-0}

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Leonov, Denis, et al. “Innovative aberration correction in ultrasound diagnostics with direct phase estimation for enhanced image quality.” Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, vol. 46, no. 4, Oct. 2023, pp. 1765-1778. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13246-023-01338-0.

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