NDLI: On the Robustness of Multi-Pulse Techniques Against Undesired Effects in Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging

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Author	Crocco, M. Sciallero, C. Trucco, A.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	One of the most important issues in the field of contrast agents-based echographic imaging is the development of techniques able to separate the echoes of such contrast media from the echoes of the biological tissue: in particular in literature could be found various solutions concerning the use of multiple transmitted signals and the combination of related echoes. These techniques may undergo a reduction of performance, due to some undesired effects normally not taken into account, such as non-linearities introduced by hardware equipment and tissue propagation, thermal and electronic noise and body motion between successive pulses. Here we introduce a simulation tool that we developed, able to calculate the backscattered echo from a contrast agents population immersed in biological tissue, considering all the previous effects. By means of this tool, we performed a comparative analysis of the various multi-pulse techniques on the basis of the contrast to tissue ratio (CTR) and the signal to noise ratio (SNR) before and after the echoes summation. The results show the potentially strong impact of the undesired effects on these techniques and may provide useful hints on the choice of the particular technique to be applied, regarding the specific diagnostic application addressed and the hardware characteristics.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	5
File Size	426687
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424409640
DOI	10.1109/IST.2007.379571
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-05-05
Publisher Place	Poland
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Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Ultrasonic imaging Robustness Acoustic scattering Power harmonic filters Biological tissues Blood Hardware Signal to noise ratio Frequency Backscatter robustness echographic imaging contrast agents multi pulse techniques
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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