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Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Sequencing and Data Processing Using a Verasonics Research Scanner.

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Deng, Y; Rouze, NC; Palmeri, ML; Nightingale, KR
Published in: IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
January 2017
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Ultrasound elasticity imaging has been developed over the last decade to estimate tissue stiffness. Shear wave elasticity imaging (SWEI) quantifies tissue stiffness by measuring the speed of propagating shear waves following acoustic radiation force excitation. This paper presents the sequencing and data processing protocols of SWEI using a Verasonics system. The selection of the sequence parameters in a Verasonics programming script is discussed in detail. The data processing pipeline to calculate group shear wave speed (SWS), including tissue motion estimation, data filtering, and SWS estimation, is demonstrated. In addition, the procedures for calibration of beam position, scanner timing, and transducer face heating are provided to avoid SWS measurement bias and transducer damage.

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Mark L. Palmeri
Author Mark L. Palmeri Biomedical Engineering
Kathryn Radabaugh Nightingale
Author Kathryn Radabaugh Nightingale Biomedical Engineering
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Published In

IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control

DOI

10.1109/tuffc.2016.2614944

EISSN

1525-8955

ISSN

0885-3010

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

64

Issue

1

Start / End Page

164 / 176

Related Subject Headings

  • Transducers
  • Software
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques
  • Algorithms
  • Acoustics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
 

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Deng, Y., Rouze, N. C., Palmeri, M. L., & Nightingale, K. R. (2017). Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Sequencing and Data Processing Using a Verasonics Research Scanner. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 64(1), 164–176. https://doi.org/10.1109/tuffc.2016.2614944
Deng, Yufeng, Ned C. Rouze, Mark L. Palmeri, and Kathryn R. Nightingale. “Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Sequencing and Data Processing Using a Verasonics Research Scanner.” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 64, no. 1 (January 2017): 164–76. https://doi.org/10.1109/tuffc.2016.2614944.
Deng Y, Rouze NC, Palmeri ML, Nightingale KR. Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Sequencing and Data Processing Using a Verasonics Research Scanner. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2017 Jan;64(1):164–76.
Deng, Yufeng, et al. “Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Sequencing and Data Processing Using a Verasonics Research Scanner.” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 64, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 164–76. Epmc, doi:10.1109/tuffc.2016.2614944.
Deng Y, Rouze NC, Palmeri ML, Nightingale KR. Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Sequencing and Data Processing Using a Verasonics Research Scanner. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2017 Jan;64(1):164–176.

Published In

IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control

DOI

10.1109/tuffc.2016.2614944

EISSN

1525-8955

ISSN

0885-3010

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

64

Issue

1

Start / End Page

164 / 176

Related Subject Headings

  • Transducers
  • Software
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques
  • Algorithms
  • Acoustics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering