Multi-Pulse Ultrasound Contract Imaging for Improved Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Abstract
We propose using a patented multi-pulse contrast imaging technique to improve breast ultrasound imaging. This technique applies two acoustic fields one for bubble excitation and the other for imaging. The excitation field will momentarily increase bubble sizes resulting in an increase in the number of bubbles with a size close to the resonance size corresponding to the (second) imaging field. If the imaging field is applied simultaneously with (or slightly after) the excitation field, acoustic scattering from bubbles around resonance size becomes markedly stronger than without the excitation field.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA411301
Entities
People
- Flemming Forsberg
Organizations
- Thomas Jefferson University