Application of 1-D Transient Elastography for the Shear Modulus Assessment of Thin-Layered Soft Tissue: Comparison With Supersonic Shear Imaging Technique

被引:17
作者
Brum, Javier [1 ]
Gennisson, Jean-Luc [2 ]
Thu-Mai Nguyen [2 ]
Benech, Nicolas
Fink, Mathias [2 ]
Tanter, Mickael [2 ]
Negreira, Carlos [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Republica, Lab Acust Ultrasonora, Inst Fis, Fac Ciencias,Univ Sci, Montevideo, Uruguay
[2] Ecole Super Phys & Chim Ind Ville Paris, Inst Langevin Ondes & Images, CNRS, UMR 7587,Inserm ERL U979,ParisTech, Paris, France
[3] Univ Republica, Univ Sci, Ultrasound Lab, Inst Phys, Montevideo, Uruguay
关键词
MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES; WAVE SPECTROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; VISCOELASTICITY; SONOELASTICITY; FIBROSIS; MEDIA;
D O I
10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2248
中图分类号
O42 [声学];
学科分类号
070206 ; 082403 ;
摘要
Elasticity estimation of thin-layered soft tissues has gained increasing interest propelled by medical applications like skin, corneal, or arterial wall shear modulus assessment. In this work, the authors propose one-dimensional transient elastography (1DTE) for the shear modulus assessment of thin-layered soft tissue. Experiments on three phantoms with different elasticities and plate thicknesses were performed. First, using 1DTE, the shear wave speed dispersion curve inside the plate was obtained and validated with finite difference simulation. No dispersive effects were observed and the shear wave speed was directly retrieved from time-of-flight measurements. Second, the supersonic shear imaging (SSI) technique (considered to be a gold standard) was performed. For the SSI technique, the propagating wave inside the plate is guided as a Lamb wave. Experimental SSI dispersion curves were compared with finite difference simulation and fitted using a generalized Lamb model to retrieve the plate bulk shear wave speed. Although they are based on totally different mechanical sources and induce completely different diffraction patterns for the shear wave propagation, the 1DTE and SSI techniques resulted in similar shear wave speed estimations. The main advantage of the 1DTE technique is that bulk shear wave speed can be directly retrieved without requiring a dispersion model.
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页数:12
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