Signal processing strategies in acoustic elastography

M. F. Insana, M. Bilgen, P. Chaturvedi, T. J. Hall, M. Bertrand

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Abstract

Elastography is a remote sensing technique for imaging the elastic properties of biological tissues. An essential feature is tissue deformation (strain) that is measured by cross correlating ultrasonic echo waveforms acquired before and after a weak static compression. To fully exploit the large object contrast available among body tissues, many dependent experimental parameters must be carefully adjusted. This paper outlines a strategy for selecting the applied stress field including boundary conditions, transducer frequency and bandwidth, and echo window length and overlap that minimize elastographic noise and maximize dynamic range for a given spatial resolution.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1139-1142
Number of pages4
JournalProceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
Volume2
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Part 2 (of 2) - San Antonio, TX, USA
Duration: Nov 3 1996Nov 6 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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