In vivo high frame rate vector flow imaging using plane waves and directional beamforming
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Directional beamforming (DB) estimates blood flow velocities accurately when the flow angle is known. However, for automatically finding the flow angle a computationally expensive approach is used. This work presents a method for estimating the flow angle using a combination of inexpensive transverse oscillation (TO) estimators and only 3 directional beamformed lines. The suggested DB vector flow estimator is employed with steered plane wave transmissions for high frame rate imaging. Two distinct plane wave sequences are used: a short sequence (3 angles) for fast flow and an interleaved long sequence (21 angles) for both slow flow and B-mode. Parabolic flow with a peak velocity of 0.5 m/s is measured at beam-to-flow angles of 60° and 90°. The DB method estimates the angle with a bias and standard deviation (STD) less than 2°, and the STD of the velocity magnitude is 2.5 %. This is 7 - 8.5 % when using TO. The long sequence has a higher sensitivity, and when used for estimation of slow flow with a peak velocity of 0.04 m/s, the SD is 2.5 % and bias is 0.1 %. This is a factor of 4 better than if the short sequence is used. The carotid bifurcation was scanned on a healthy volunteer, and the short sequence was used with TO and DB to estimate velocity vectors. The STD of the velocity profile over a cardiac cycle was 6.1 % for TO and 4.9 % for DB.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2016 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publisher | IEEE Computer Society Press |
Publication date | 1 Nov 2016 |
Article number | 7728662 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781467398978 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2016 |
Event | 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2016 - Tours, France Duration: 18 Sep 2016 → 21 Sep 2016 |
Conference
Conference | 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2016 |
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Land | France |
By | Tours |
Periode | 18/09/2016 → 21/09/2016 |
Series | IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS |
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Volume | 2016-November |
ISSN | 1948-5719 |
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