Title
An initial study of complete 2D shear wave dispersion images using a reverberant shear wave field
Date Issued
16 July 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Rochester
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
Within the field of elastography, a relatively new approach analyzes the limiting case of shear waves established as a reverberant field. In this framework, it is assumed that a distribution of shear waves exists, oriented across all directions in 3D and continuous in time. The simultaneous multi-frequency application of reverberant shear wave fields can be accomplished by applying an array of external sources that can be excited by multiple frequencies within a bandwidth, for example 50, 100, 150, ..., 500 Hz, all contributing to the shear wave field produced in the liver or other target organ. This enables the analysis of the dispersion of shear wave speed as it increases with frequency, indicating the viscoelastic and lossy nature of the tissue under study. Furthermore, dispersion images can be created and displayed alongside the shear wave speed images. We report preliminary studies on breast and liver tissues using the multi-frequency reverberant shear wave technique, employing frequencies up to 700 Hz in breast tissue, and robust reverberant patterns of shear waves across the entire liver and kidney in obese patients. Dispersion images are shown to have contrast between tissue types and with quantitative values that align with previous studies.
Volume
64
Issue
14
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Acústica
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Biotecnología médica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85069949064
PubMed ID
Source
Physics in Medicine and Biology
ISSN of the container
00319155
DOI of the container
10.1088/1361-6560/ab2778
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