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Elastic imaging method and system

An elastic imaging and imaging surface technology, applied in medical science, diagnosis, application, etc., can solve problems such as microcysts, small cornea volume, complex elastic excitation and elastic reconstruction methods, non-uniform tissue of blood vessel walls, etc., and achieve objective Effect of tissue mechanics parameters

Pending Publication Date: 2022-08-09
TSINGHUA UNIV
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[0003] However, in reality, most tissues cannot meet the above requirements. For example, blood vessels, muscles, and many organs are not isotropic, and the walls of blood vessels are not uniform tissues. Microcysts and corneas cannot be regarded as infinite due to their small size. Big
It cannot establish a direct relationship through simple shear wave velocity and tissue elasticity, and requires more complex elastic excitation and elastic reconstruction methods

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[0021] This embodiment discloses an elastic imaging method, such as figure 1 shown, including:

[0022] S1 first performs ultrasound imaging on the target tissue to obtain an ultrasound image.

[0023] In this step, the region of interest of the object to be detected may be excited by the acoustic radiation force, and ultra-high-speed ultrasound imaging is performed on the region of interest to obtain ultrasonic image data of the region of interest of the object to be detected. Exemplarily, the ultrasound image data may include at least one of RF (Radio Frequency, radio frequency) data, envelope data, and B-mode data.

[0024] S2 obtains the characteristic direction of the tissue from the ultrasound image, and obtains the characteristic direction through tissue segmentation and grayscale co-occurrence matrix processing. The characteristic direction can be the extension direction of the muscle fiber or the extension direction of the long axis of the blood vessel. an angle. F...

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[0032] Based on the same inventive concept, this embodiment discloses an elastic imaging method, such as figure 2 shown, including:

[0033] S1 first performs ultrasound imaging on the target tissue to obtain an ultrasound image.

[0034] In this step, the region of interest of the object to be detected may be excited by the acoustic radiation force, and ultra-high-speed ultrasound imaging is performed on the region of interest to obtain ultrasonic image data of the region of interest of the object to be detected. Exemplarily, the ultrasound image data may include at least one of RF (Radio Frequency, radio frequency) data, envelope data, and B-mode data.

[0035] S2 obtains the characteristic direction of the tissue from the ultrasound image, and obtains the characteristic direction through tissue segmentation and grayscale co-occurrence matrix processing. The characteristic direction can be the extension direction of the muscle fiber or the extension direction of the long a...

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[0043] Based on the same inventive concept, this embodiment discloses an elasticity imaging system, including:

[0044] a feature orientation determination module for obtaining the feature orientation of the tissue from the ultrasound image;

[0045] The shear wave excitation module is used to respectively excite shear waves propagating along the extension direction of the tissue to be tested and the direction forming a preset angle with it according to the characteristic direction;

[0046] The ultrasonic module is used to excite longitudinal waves into the tissue to be tested through the ultrasonic probe, and the longitudinal waves will generate reflected echoes after reaching the tissue;

[0047] The shear wave feedback module is used to obtain shear wave velocity and shear wave dispersion curve according to the reflected echo; the tissue elasticity module is used to fit the shear wave velocity and tissue elasticity equation, according to the shear wave velocity and shear w...

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The invention belongs to the technical field of ultrasonic imaging, and relates to an elastography method and system, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the feature direction of a tissue from an ultrasonic image; respectively exciting shear waves propagating along the extension direction of the to-be-detected tissue and the direction forming a preset angle with the to-be-detected tissue according to the characteristic direction; longitudinal waves are excited into the to-be-detected tissue through the ultrasonic probe, and reflection echoes are generated after the longitudinal waves reach the tissue; obtaining a shear wave speed and a shear wave frequency dispersion curve according to the reflection echo; fitting a shear wave speed and tissue elasticity equation, and calculating tissue elasticity characteristics according to the shear wave speed and the shear wave frequency dispersion curve. The shear wave elastic imaging under the conditions of non-uniformity, anisotropy, complex structure and viscoelasticity can be realized, and more objective tissue mechanical parameters can be obtained.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an elastic imaging method and system, belonging to the technical field of ultrasonic imaging. Background technique [0002] Medical ultrasound imaging has the advantages of low cost, non-invasive, painless, high time resolution, real-time, etc., and is an indispensable and important means in modern medical imaging. With the development of electronic technology, huge technological innovations continue to appear in the field of ultrasound. Ultrasonic elastography based on shear wave imaging plays a huge role in the qualitative and quantitative measurement of tissue elasticity. For example, vascular shear wave elastography plays a crucial role in the quantification of vessel wall elasticity. However, in general, it is only suitable for homogeneous, isotropic and infinite pure elastic bodies. At this time, the method of tissue elasticity is proportional to the shear wave velocity, so it can be characterized by the shear wave veloc...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B8/00
CPCA61B8/485
Inventor 罗建文何琼
Owner TSINGHUA UNIV