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Wave Generation and Its Effect on Lesion Detection in Sonoelastography: Theory and Simulation Study

음향 탄성영상법에서 연조직 내 파동 발생과 병변 검출의 특성: 이론 및 시뮬레이션 연구

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Abstract

Sonoelastography is an ultrasound-based technique that visualizes the elastic properties of soft tissues by measuring the tissue motion generated by an externally applied vibration. In this paper. the characteristics of wave generation in soft tissues due to an acoustic vibrator are studied. The effects of modal patterns on the detectability of lesions such as tumors in senoelastography are also investigated These are accomplished by analyzing the vibration patterns calculated using theoretical equations and finite element methods in halt space, infinite plate. and finite-sized tissue. A finite-width source generates shear waves with large amplitude Propagating in specific directions. and the generation characteristics depend both on the width and frequency of the vibrator. as well as the distance from it. It is shown in a finite-sized tissue that the lesion detection in displacement images is quit dependent on the modal patterns inside tissue. In contrast it Is also found that the lesion detectability in strain images is less dependent on the modal Patterns and is much better than that in displacement images.

음향 탄성영상법은 외부 진동을 조직에 인가하고 조직 운동을 측정함으로써 조직의 탄성을 영상화하는 초음파영상기법이다. 본 논문에서는 음향 탄성영상법에서 표면 진동자에 의해 연조직 내에 파동이 발생되는 특성과 모드패턴이암과 같은 병변 검출에 미치는 영향을 조사였다. 이를 위해 반공간, 두께가 일정한 무한평판, 그리고 유한 크기 조직에서 발생된 진동패턴을 이론과 유한요소법으로 계산하고 분석하였다. 유한 너비 진동원에 의해 조직에는 특정한 방향으로 강하게 전달되는 횡파가 발생하였으며, 그 특성은 진동자 너비, 주파수 및 진동자로부터의 거리에 의존하였다. 유한 크기 조직에서 병변의 검출가능성은 변위영상에서는 조직내 모드패턴에 큰 영향을 받았으며, 이에 비해 변형률영상에서는 모드패턴에 덜 민감하고 검출가능성도 아주 높은 것으로 나타났다.

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