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2D Speed Of Sound Mapping Using A Multilook Reflection Ultrasound Tomography Framework



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  • Journal Title:
    Ultrasonics
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    MIT (MIT Sea Grant)
  • Description:
    Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) has emerged as a viable tool in diagnosing and staging the onset and progression of various diseases. Within the field of QUS, shear wave elastography (SWE) has emerged as the clinical standard for quantifying and correlating the stiffness of tissue to its underlying pathology. Despite its widespread use, SWE suffers from drawbacks that limit its widespread clinical use; among these are low-frame rates, long settling times, and high sensitivity to operating conditions. Longitudinal speed of sound (SOS) has emerged as a viable alternative to SWE. We propose a framework to obtain 2D sound speed maps using a commercial ultrasound probe. A commercial ultrasound probe is localized in space and used to scan a domain of interest from multiple vantage points; the use of a reflector at the far end of the domain allows us to measure the round trip travel times to and from it. The known locations of the probe and the measured travel times are used to estimate the depth and inclination of the reflector as well as the unknown sound speed map. The use of multiple looks increases the effective aperture of the ultrasound probe and allows for a higher fidelity reconstruction of sound speed maps. We validate the framework using simulated and experimental data and propose a rigorous framework to quantify the uncertainty of the estimated sound speed maps.
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    Ultrasonics, 114: 106393
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  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    Grant no. NA18OAR4170105
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    Accepted Manuscript
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    Submitted
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    urn:sha256:0e9c29a43d04603d5d87ba2391400e16404257e2acdab135285f3c46ff786e9a
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