Blood vector velocity estimation using an autocorrelation approach: In vivo investigation
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Blood vector velocity estimation using an autocorrelation approach : In vivo investigation. / Udesen, Jesper; Nielsen, Michael Bachmann; Nielsen, Kristina Rue; Jerisen, Jørgen Arendt.
2005 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. 2005. p. 162-165 1602821 (Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Blood vector velocity estimation using an autocorrelation approach
T2 - 2005 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
AU - Udesen, Jesper
AU - Nielsen, Michael Bachmann
AU - Nielsen, Kristina Rue
AU - Jerisen, Jørgen Arendt
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - In conventional techniques for blood velocity estimation, only the axial component of the velocity vector is found. We have previously shown that it is possible to estimate the 2-D blood velocity vector both in simulations and in flow phantom experiments using a fast and inexpensive method (the transverse oscillation (TO) method) based on an autocorrelation approach. The TO method makes use of a double oscillating pulse-echo field which is created by manipulating the receive apodization function. Two receive beams are beamformed, where the lateral distance between the two beams corresponds to a 90° phase shift in the lateral direction. The TO method works at angles where conventional methods fails to estimate any blood movement, i.e. when the angle between the ultrasound beam and the velocity vector is approximately 90°. In this paper the first in-vivo color flow map (CFM) images are presented using the TO method. A 128 element 5 MHz linear array transducer was used together with the experimental ultrasound scanner RASMUS operating at a sampling frequency of 40 MHz with a pulse repetition frequency of 24 kHz. After sampling the received channel data were beamformed off-line, and a transverse oscillation period of 1 mm was created in the lateral pulse-echo field by manipulating the receive apodization function. Echo-canceling was performed by subtracting a line from the sampled data, where the line was a linear fit to the sampled data. Three different scan areas were selected: 1) The common carotid artery, 2) the common carotid artery and the jugular vein, 3) the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. In all three cases the angle between the ultrasound beams and the blood velocity vector is larger than 60° i.e. the conventional Doppler velocity estimator degrades significantly in terms of standard deviation and bias. The velocity direction and magnitude could be estimated for all cases and it was found that the blood flow is within the values given by the literature.
AB - In conventional techniques for blood velocity estimation, only the axial component of the velocity vector is found. We have previously shown that it is possible to estimate the 2-D blood velocity vector both in simulations and in flow phantom experiments using a fast and inexpensive method (the transverse oscillation (TO) method) based on an autocorrelation approach. The TO method makes use of a double oscillating pulse-echo field which is created by manipulating the receive apodization function. Two receive beams are beamformed, where the lateral distance between the two beams corresponds to a 90° phase shift in the lateral direction. The TO method works at angles where conventional methods fails to estimate any blood movement, i.e. when the angle between the ultrasound beam and the velocity vector is approximately 90°. In this paper the first in-vivo color flow map (CFM) images are presented using the TO method. A 128 element 5 MHz linear array transducer was used together with the experimental ultrasound scanner RASMUS operating at a sampling frequency of 40 MHz with a pulse repetition frequency of 24 kHz. After sampling the received channel data were beamformed off-line, and a transverse oscillation period of 1 mm was created in the lateral pulse-echo field by manipulating the receive apodization function. Echo-canceling was performed by subtracting a line from the sampled data, where the line was a linear fit to the sampled data. Three different scan areas were selected: 1) The common carotid artery, 2) the common carotid artery and the jugular vein, 3) the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. In all three cases the angle between the ultrasound beams and the blood velocity vector is larger than 60° i.e. the conventional Doppler velocity estimator degrades significantly in terms of standard deviation and bias. The velocity direction and magnitude could be estimated for all cases and it was found that the blood flow is within the values given by the literature.
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U2 - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2005.1602821
DO - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2005.1602821
M3 - Article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:33847094978
SN - 0780393821
SN - 9780780393820
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
SP - 162
EP - 165
BT - 2005 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
Y2 - 18 September 2005 through 21 September 2005
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