Combining multi-pulse excitation and chirp coding in contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging

被引:22
作者
Crocco, M. [1 ]
Pellegretti, P. [2 ]
Sciallero, C. [1 ]
Trucco, A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Genoa, Dept Biophys & Elect Engn, I-16145 Genoa, Italy
[2] ESAOTE SpA, I-16153 Genoa, Italy
关键词
echographic imaging; ultrasound medical imaging; ultrasound contrast agents; ultrasound signal processing; multi-pulse techniques; chirp coding; CODED EXCITATION; AGENTS;
D O I
10.1088/0957-0233/20/10/104017
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The development of techniques to separate the response of the contrast agent from that of the biological tissues is of great importance in ultrasound medical imaging. In the literature, one can find various solutions involving the use of multiple transmitted signals and the weighted sum of related echoes. In this paper, the combination of one of these multi-pulse techniques with a coded excitation is proposed and assessed. Coded excitation has been used mainly to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the penetration depth, provided that a matched filtering is applied in the reception chain. However, it has been shown that a signal with a long duration time also increases the backscattered echoes produced by the microbubbles and, consequently, the contrast-to-tissue ratio. Therefore, the implementation of a multi-pulse technique using a long coded pulse can yield a better contrast-to-tissue ratio and SNR. This paper investigates the combination of the linear chirp pulse with a multi-pulse technique based on the transmission of three pulses. The performance was evaluated using both simulated and real signals, assessing the improvement in the contrast-to-tissue ratio and SNR, the visual quality of the images obtained and the axial accuracy. A comparison with the same multi-pulse technique implemented using a traditional amplitude-modulated pulse revealed that the deployment of a chirp pulse produces several noticeable advantages and only a minor drawback.
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