Cuijuan Lou, J. Song, Liang Zhou, Yang Peng, Mingyue Ding, M. Yuchi
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A Fast Contrast Improved Zero-Phase Filtered Delay Multiply and Sum in Ultrasound Computed Tomography
In linear array B-mode imaging, the zero-phase filtered delay multiply and sum beamforming (ZPF-DMAS) weighted by space-time smoothing coherence factor (StS-CF) has been proved to enhance the image contrast resolution than the traditional delay and sum method. However, the large number
of virtual received signals may increase the computational cost of this method in ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) with ring array. Here, a method with less computation amount is proposed in USCT: the received signals are separated into different groups by their spatial lag; the groups
form a new smaller size receive aperture; StS-CF is finally applied to the new receive aperture. CIRS model 055A is tested to compare the performances of the proposed method and ZPF-DMAS. The results show that the computational complexity has been reduced by N*B*D((M2–3M)/2+1)
multiplications, supposing there are N ultrasound waves transmitted, B scan lines, D imaging points on each line and M-element receive aperture. StS-CF with a subarray size of L = 16 (far less than half the receive aperture) and P = 5 time samples
gives the best result in USCT, which is different from that in linear array B-mode imaging. The proposed method can enhance contrast ratio about 6.3 dB and 5.7 dB for the cystic mass and dense mass than ZPF-DMAS, respectively.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics (JMIHI) is a medium to disseminate novel experimental and theoretical research results in the field of biomedicine, biology, clinical, rehabilitation engineering, medical image processing, bio-computing, D2H2, and other health related areas. As an example, the Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2) aims to improve the quality of patient care and patient wellness by transforming the delivery of healthcare from a central, hospital-based system to one that is more distributed and home-based. Different medical imaging modalities used for extraction of information from MRI, CT, ultrasound, X-ray, thermal, molecular and fusion of its techniques is the focus of this journal.