Title
H-scan sensitivity to scattering size
Date Issued
01 October 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Khairalseed M.
Hoyt K.
Terrazas A.
Parker K.J.
University of Rochester
Publisher(s)
SPIE
Abstract
In the H-scan analysis and display, visualization of different scattering sizes and types is enabled by a matched filter approach involving different orders of Gaussian weighted Hermite functions. An important question with respect to clinical applications involves the change in H-scan outputs with respect to small changes in scatterer sizes. The sensitivity of H-scan outputs is analyzed using the theory of backscatter from a compressible sphere. Experimental corroboration is established using mono dispersed spherical scatterers in phantoms. With a 6-MHz center frequency broadband transducer, it is possible to visualize changes in scattering size in the order of 10 to 15 μm in phantoms and also changes in ex vivo bovine liver tissue due to edema caused by hypotonic perfusion.
Volume
4
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Radiología, Medicina nuclear, Imágenes médicas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85034867268
Source
Journal of Medical Imaging
ISSN of the container
23294302
Sponsor(s)
The authors are indebted to Professor Robert Waag for his illuminating explanations of scattering. This work was supported by the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the University of Rochester, National Institutes of Health Grants Nos. K25EB017222 and R21CA212851 and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Award No. RR150010.
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