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The ultrasound brain helmet: feasibility study of multiple simultaneous 3D scans of cerebral vasculature.

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Smith, SW; Ivancevich, NM; Lindsey, BD; Whitman, J; Light, E; Fronheiser, M; Nicoletto, HA; Laskowitz, DT
Published in: Ultrasound Med Biol
February 2009

We describe early stage experiments to test the feasibility of an ultrasound brain helmet to produce multiple simultaneous real-time three-dimensional (3D) scans of the cerebral vasculature from temporal and suboccipital acoustic windows of the skull. The transducer hardware and software of the Volumetrics Medical Imaging (Durham, NC, USA) real-time 3D scanner were modified to support dual 2.5 MHz matrix arrays of 256 transmit elements and 128 receive elements which produce two simultaneous 64 degrees pyramidal scans. The real-time display format consists of two coronal B-mode images merged into a 128 degrees sector, two simultaneous parasagittal images merged into a 128 degrees x 64 degrees C-mode plane and a simultaneous 64 degrees axial image. Real-time 3D color Doppler scans from a skull phantom with latex blood vessel were obtained after contrast agent injection as a proof of concept. The long-term goal is to produce real-time 3D ultrasound images of the cerebral vasculature from a portable unit capable of internet transmission thus enabling interactive 3D imaging, remote diagnosis and earlier therapeutic intervention. We are motivated by the urgency for rapid diagnosis of stroke due to the short time window of effective therapeutic intervention.

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Ultrasound Med Biol

DOI

EISSN

1879-291X

Publication Date

February 2009

Volume

35

Issue

2

Start / End Page

329 / 338

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Transducers
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Humans
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Equipment Design
  • Echoencephalography
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Acoustics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Smith, S. W., Ivancevich, N. M., Lindsey, B. D., Whitman, J., Light, E., Fronheiser, M., … Laskowitz, D. T. (2009). The ultrasound brain helmet: feasibility study of multiple simultaneous 3D scans of cerebral vasculature. Ultrasound Med Biol, 35(2), 329–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.016
Smith, Stephen W., Nikolas M. Ivancevich, Brooks D. Lindsey, John Whitman, Edward Light, Matthew Fronheiser, Heather A. Nicoletto, and Daniel T. Laskowitz. “The ultrasound brain helmet: feasibility study of multiple simultaneous 3D scans of cerebral vasculature.Ultrasound Med Biol 35, no. 2 (February 2009): 329–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.016.
Smith SW, Ivancevich NM, Lindsey BD, Whitman J, Light E, Fronheiser M, et al. The ultrasound brain helmet: feasibility study of multiple simultaneous 3D scans of cerebral vasculature. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2009 Feb;35(2):329–38.
Smith, Stephen W., et al. “The ultrasound brain helmet: feasibility study of multiple simultaneous 3D scans of cerebral vasculature.Ultrasound Med Biol, vol. 35, no. 2, Feb. 2009, pp. 329–38. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.016.
Smith SW, Ivancevich NM, Lindsey BD, Whitman J, Light E, Fronheiser M, Nicoletto HA, Laskowitz DT. The ultrasound brain helmet: feasibility study of multiple simultaneous 3D scans of cerebral vasculature. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2009 Feb;35(2):329–338.
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Published In

Ultrasound Med Biol

DOI

EISSN

1879-291X

Publication Date

February 2009

Volume

35

Issue

2

Start / End Page

329 / 338

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Transducers
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Humans
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Equipment Design
  • Echoencephalography
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Acoustics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences