Temporal enhanced ultrasound and shear wave elastography for tissue classification in cancer interventions: an experimental evaluation

Si Jia Li; Jack Barnes; Purang Abolmaesumi; Hans-Peter Loock; Parvin Mousavi

doi:10.1117/12.2514103

8 March 2019 Temporal enhanced ultrasound and shear wave elastography for tissue classification in cancer interventions: an experimental evaluation

Si Jia Li, Jack Barnes, Purang Abolmaesumi, Hans-Peter Loock, Parvin Mousavi

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Proceedings Volume 10951, Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; 109510V (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514103
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Conventional B-mode ultrasound imaging lacks soft tissue contrast to differentiate various tissue types. Emerging ultrasound imaging technologies have therefore focused on extracting tissue parameters important for tissue differentiation such as scatterer size, tissue elasticity, and micro-vasculatures. Among these technologies, shear wave elastography (SWE) is an approach that measures tissue viscoelastic parameters. Our group has proposed Temporal Enhanced Ultrasound (TeUS) that differentiates tissue types without requiring any external stimuli. Through analytical derivations and simulations, we previously showed that the source of tissue typing information in TeUS is physiological micro-vibrations resulting mainly from perfusion. We further demonstrated that TeUS is sensitive to the size and distributions of scatterers in the tissue, as well as its visco-elasticity. In this paper, we designed ultrasound phantoms to mimic tissue with two different elasticities and two scatterer sizes. A exible microtube was embedded in the phantoms to generate local micro-vibrations. We experimentally demonstrate the relationship between TeUS and SWE and their sensitivity to tissue elasticity and scatterer size. This work indicated that while shear wave measurements are sensitive to the phantoms viscoelasticity, they are not sensitive to ultrasound scatterer size. On the contrary, the TeUS amplitude depends on both scatterer size and tissue viscoelasticity. This work could potentially inform clinicians of choosing imaging modalities and interventions based on each cancer's unique traits and properties.

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Si Jia Li, Jack Barnes, Purang Abolmaesumi, Hans-Peter Loock, and Parvin Mousavi "Temporal enhanced ultrasound and shear wave elastography for tissue classification in cancer interventions: an experimental evaluation", Proc. SPIE 10951, Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 109510V (8 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514103

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