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A novel performance descriptor for ultrasonic strain imaging: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT: Ultrasonic strain imaging that uses signals from conventional diagnostic ultrasound systems is capable of showing the contrast of tissue elasticity, which provides new diagnostically valuable information. To assess and improve the diagnostic performance of ultrasonic strain imaging, it is essential to have a quantitative measure of image quality. Moreover, it is useful if the image quality measure is simple to interpret and can be used for visual feedback while scanning and as a training tool for operator performance evaluation. This report describes the development of a novel quantitative method for systematic performance assessment that is based on the combination of measures of the accuracy of motion tracking and consistency among consecutive strain fields. The accuracy of motion tracking assesses the reliability of strain images. The consistency among consecutive strain images assesses the signal quality in strain images. The clinical implications of the proposed method to differentiate good or poor strain images are discussed. Results of experiments with tissue-mimicking phantoms and in vivo breast-tissue data demonstrate that the performance measure is a useful method for automatically rating elasticity image quality.

SUBMITTER: Jiang J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1866296 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A novel performance descriptor for ultrasonic strain imaging: a preliminary study.

Jiang Jingfeng J Hall Timothy J TJ Sommer Amy M AM

IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control 20060601 6

Ultrasonic strain imaging that uses signals from conventional diagnostic ultrasound systems is capable of showing the contrast of tissue elasticity, which provides new diagnostically valuable information. To assess and improve the diagnostic performance of ultrasonic strain imaging, it is essential to have a quantitative measure of image quality. Moreover, it is useful if the image quality measure is simple to interpret and can be used for visual feedback while scanning and as a training tool fo ...[more]

PMID: 16846142

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