Nonlinear propagation of ultrasound through microbubble contrast agents and implications for imaging

Microbubble contrast agents produce nonlinear echoes under ultrasound insonation, and current imaging techniques detect these nonlinear echoes to generate contrast agent images accordingly. For these techniques, there is a potential problem in that bubbles along the ultrasound transmission path betw...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. - 1986. - 53(2006), 12 vom: 30. Dez., Seite 2406-15
1. Verfasser: Tang, Meng-Xing (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Eckersley, Robert J
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2006
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Contrast Media
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520 |a Microbubble contrast agents produce nonlinear echoes under ultrasound insonation, and current imaging techniques detect these nonlinear echoes to generate contrast agent images accordingly. For these techniques, there is a potential problem in that bubbles along the ultrasound transmission path between transducer and target can alter the ultrasound transmission nonlinearly and contribute to the nonlinear echoes. This can lead to imaging artefacts, especially in regions at depth. In this paper we provide insight, through both simulation and experimental measurement, into the nonlinear propagation caused by microbubbles and the implications for current imaging techniques. A series of investigations at frequencies below, at, and above the resonance frequency of microbubbles were performed. Three specific effects on the pulse propagation (i.e., amplitude attenuation, phase changes, and harmonic generation) were studied. It was found that all these effects are dependent on the initial pulse amplitude, and their dependence on the initial phase of the pulse is shown to be insignificant. Two types of imaging errors are shown to result from this nonlinear propagation: first, that tissue can be misclassified as microbubbles; second, the concentration of microbubbles in the image can be misrepresented. It is found that these imaging errors are significant for all three pulse frequencies when the pulses transmit through a microbubble suspension of 6 cm in path length. It also is found that the first type of error is larger at the bubble resonance frequency 
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