Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research (대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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Study on Velocity In-homogeneous Effect in fat and its Correction in Ultrasound Imaging System

초음파 의료영상에서 지방조직의 음속도 불균일 효과의 영향과 그 보상에 관한 연구

  • Published : 1998.02.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we present the degradation of focusing induced by velocity inhomogeneity in human tissue. For simulation, the fatty layer which is the major factor of degradation for its lower velocity, is modeled as a uniform velocity perturbation layer. And we simulate the degradation of resolution resulting from change of beam path due to refraction and the time delay due to velocity difference. We show that focusing error can be compensated for considering the velocity inhomogeneity only. The proposed compensation method can be operated in real time in the presently used digital focusing systems.

본 논문은 초음파 의용 영상에서 인체내의 매질의 초음파 속도의 불균일에 의한 focusing의 저하에 대하여 논하였다. simulation환경으로, 인체 내의 매질 중 속도 값이 가장 큰 차이가 나는 지방(fat)을 일정한 두께로 모델링하였다. 그리고 초음파 빔의 굴절에 의한 진행경로의 변화와 속도차이에 따른 시간지연에 의한 해상도 저하를 구하였다. 그리고 이를 보상하는 방법으로, 보상에 계산량이 많이 필요한 굴절을 무시하고, 속도차에 의한 시간지연만 보상하는 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법을 적용할 경우 현재의 실시간 디지털 focusing 시스템에서 쉽게 구현 가능하다.

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