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The impact of acoustic velocity variations on target detectability in ultrasonic images of the breast.

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Trahey, GE; Freiburger, PD; Ng, G; Sullivan, DC
Published in: Invest Radiol
September 1991

Experimentally obtained ultrasonic phase aberration profiles in the breast were used to investigate the impact of acoustic velocity variations on images of simulated breast lesions. The imaging properties of several phased-array transducers with varying frequencies and geometries were studied as phase error profiles of increasing magnitude were introduced. The targets studied were anechoic lesions of various sizes. The results indicate that phase aberrations significantly degrade the contrast of ultrasonic breast images, especially for high-resolution scanning systems.

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Invest Radiol

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0020-9996

Publication Date

September 1991

Volume

26

Issue

9

Start / End Page

782 / 791

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Mammary
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Acoustics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Trahey, G. E., Freiburger, P. D., Ng, G., & Sullivan, D. C. (1991). The impact of acoustic velocity variations on target detectability in ultrasonic images of the breast. Invest Radiol, 26(9), 782–791. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004424-199109000-00002
Trahey, G. E., P. D. Freiburger, G. Ng, and D. C. Sullivan. “The impact of acoustic velocity variations on target detectability in ultrasonic images of the breast.Invest Radiol 26, no. 9 (September 1991): 782–91. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004424-199109000-00002.
Trahey GE, Freiburger PD, Ng G, Sullivan DC. The impact of acoustic velocity variations on target detectability in ultrasonic images of the breast. Invest Radiol. 1991 Sep;26(9):782–91.
Trahey, G. E., et al. “The impact of acoustic velocity variations on target detectability in ultrasonic images of the breast.Invest Radiol, vol. 26, no. 9, Sept. 1991, pp. 782–91. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00004424-199109000-00002.
Trahey GE, Freiburger PD, Ng G, Sullivan DC. The impact of acoustic velocity variations on target detectability in ultrasonic images of the breast. Invest Radiol. 1991 Sep;26(9):782–791.

Published In

Invest Radiol

DOI

ISSN

0020-9996

Publication Date

September 1991

Volume

26

Issue

9

Start / End Page

782 / 791

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Mammary
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Acoustics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences