NDLI: A multitaper Generalized Spectrum technique for detection of periodic structures in tissue: Comparison with conventional methods

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Author	Rosado-Mendez, I.M. Carlson, L.C. Hall, T.J. Zagzebski, J.A.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Med. Phys., Univ. of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, USA (Rosado-Mendez, I.M.; Carlson, L.C.; Hall, T.J.; Zagzebski, J.A.)
Abstract	Quantifying features related to acoustic scatterer periodicity can provide useful information to monitor tissue structural changes, but their detection is hindered by apparent coherence from random scatterers. This work compares the use a multitaper Generalized Spectrum (mtGS) to single-taper and time-average approaches (stGS and taGS, respectively) and to the Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) for detecting periodicity in backscattered echo signals when reducing the size of the parameter estimation region. A phantom with diffuse scatterers and an array of 0.1mm-diameter nylon fibers 0.4mm apart was scanned with a Siemens S2000 system using a linear array transducer. Radiofrequency (RF) echo signals from the fiber plane were obtained and Generalized Spectrum (GS) estimates were made either by stGS, taGS or mtGS with Discrete Prolate Spheroidal Sequences. Spectral components corresponding to periodic structures were identified by peaks in the GS Collapsed Average. SSA was implemented by obtaining eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the autocovariance matrix of signal segments. The periodic components of envelope signals were reconstructed using pairs of eigenvectors with similar eigenvalues. The frequency of the periodic component was estimated from the maximum value of its power spectrum. Histograms of frequency components detected by each method were constructed. The conspicuity of the 1.9MHz peak (corresponding to the fiber spacing) was measured as the size of the parameter estimation region was reduced axially and laterally from 20 to 2 correlation lengths. The mtGS improves detection of the relevant frequency components (1.9MHz and its harmonic) compared to stGS, taGSm and SSA by increasing their conspicuity over spurious components. This method also provided the minimum parameter estimation region size (8 pulse lengths axially, 6 uncorrelated scanlines laterally) viable for detection of periodic features.
Sponsorship	IEEE Ultrason., Ferroelectr., Freq. Control Society
Starting Page	433
Ending Page	436
File Size	517169
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19485719
e-ISBN	9781467356862
DOI	10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0112
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-07-21
Publisher Place	Czech Republic
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Parameter estimation Radio frequency Spectral analysis Ultrasonic imaging Acoustics Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions Phantoms generalized spectrum tissue characterization quantitative ultrasound parametric imaging coherent scattering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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