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Masud AA, Liu J. Ultrasonic surface acoustic wave elastography: A review of basic theories, technical developments, and medical applications. Med Phys 2024; 51:3220-3244. [PMID: 38597908 DOI: 10.1002/mp.17063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
Abstract
Physiological and pathological changes in tissues often cause changes in tissue mechanical properties, making tissue elastography an effective modality in medical imaging. Among the existing elastography methods, ultrasound elastography is of great interest due to the inherent advantages of ultrasound imaging technology, such as low cost, portability, safety, and wide availability. However, most current ultrasound elastography methods are based on the bulk shear wave; they can image deep tissues but cannot image superficial tissues. To address this challenge, ultrasonic elastography methods based on surface acoustic waves have been proposed. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of ultrasound-based surface acoustic wave elastography techniques, including their theoretical foundations, technical implementations, and existing medical applications. The goal is to provide a concise summary of the state-of-the-art of this field, hoping to offer a reliable reference for the further development of these techniques and foster the expansion of their medical applications.
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- Abdullah Al Masud
- Biomedical Acoustics Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Biomedical Acoustics Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Choquet K, Vappou J, Cabras P, Ishak O, Gangi A, Breton E. Magnetic Resonance Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging (MR-ARFI) for the monitoring of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) ablation in anisotropic tissue. MAGMA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 36:737-747. [PMID: 36723689 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-023-01062-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We introduce a non-invasive MR-Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging (ARFI)-based elastography method that provides both the local shear modulus and temperature maps for the monitoring of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS To take tissue anisotropy into account, the local shear modulus μ is determined in selected radial directions around the focal spot by fitting the phase profiles to a linear viscoelastic model, including tissue-specific mechanical relaxation time τ. MR-ARFI was evaluated on a calibrated phantom, then applied to the monitoring of HIFU in a gel phantom, ex vivo and in vivo porcine muscle tissue, in parallel with MR-thermometry. RESULTS As expected, the shear modulus polar maps reflected the isotropy of phantoms and the anisotropy of muscle. In the HIFU monitoring experiments, both the shear modulus polar map and the thermometry map were updated with every pair of MR-ARFI phase images acquired with opposite MR-ARFI-encoding. The shear modulus was found to decrease (phantom and ex vivo) or increase (in vivo) during heating, before remaining steady during the cooling phase. The mechanical relaxation time, estimated pre- and post-HIFU, was found to vary in muscle tissue. DISCUSSION MR-ARFI allowed for monitoring of viscoelasticity changes around the HIFU focal spot even in anisotropic muscle tissue.
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- Karine Choquet
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR 7357, Strasbourg, France.
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR 7357, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR 7357, Strasbourg, France
- Image Guided Therapy, Pessac, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR 7357, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR 7357, Strasbourg, France
- Department of Interventional Imaging, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR 7357, Strasbourg, France.
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Ishak O, Breton E, Choquet K, Josset A, Cabras P, Vappou J. Monitoring MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound therapy using transient supersonic shear wave MR-elastography. Phys Med Biol 2023; 68. [PMID: 36595333 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acac5e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Objective.The aim of the paper is to propose an all-in-one method based on magnetic resonance-supersonic shear wave imaging (MR-SSI) and proton resonance frequency shift (PRFS) to monitor high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) thermal ablations.Approach.Mechanical properties have been shown to be related to tissue damage induced by thermal ablations. Monitoring elasticity in addition to temperature changes may help in ensuring the efficacy and the accuracy of HIFU therapies. For this purpose, an MR-SSI method has been developed where the ultrasonic transducer is used for both mechanical wave generation and thermal ablation. Transient quasi-planar shear waves are generated using the acoustic radiation force, and their propagation is monitored in motion-sensitized phase MR images. Using a single-shot gradient-echo echo-planar-imaging sequence, MR images can be acquired at a sufficiently high temporal resolution to provide an update of PRFS thermometry and MR-SSI elastography maps in real time.Main results.The proposed method was first validated on a calibrated elasticity phantom, in which both the possibility to detect inclusions with different stiffness and repeatability were demonstrated. The standard deviation between the 8 performed measurements was 2% on the background of the phantom and 11%, at most, on the inclusions. A second experiment consisted in performing a HIFU heating in a gelatin phantom. The temperature increase was estimated to be 9 °C and the shear modulus was found to decrease from 2.9 to 1.8 kPa, reflecting the gel softening around the HIFU focus, whereas it remained steady in non-heated areas.Significance.The proposed MR-SSI technique allows monitoring HIFU ablations using thermometry and elastography simultaneously, without the need for an additional external mechanical exciter such as those used in MR elastography.
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- Ounay Ishak
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR7357, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR7357, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR7357, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR7357, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR7357, Strasbourg, France.,Image Guided Therapy, Pessac, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ICube, UMR7357, Strasbourg, France
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Fite BZ, Wang J, Ghanouni P, Ferrara KW. A Review of Imaging Methods to Assess Ultrasound-Mediated Ablation. BME FRONTIERS 2022; 2022:9758652. [PMID: 35957844 PMCID: PMC9364780 DOI: 10.34133/2022/9758652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Ultrasound ablation techniques are minimally invasive alternatives to surgical resection and have rapidly increased in use. The response of tissue to HIFU ablation differs based on the relative contributions of thermal and mechanical effects, which can be varied to achieve optimal ablation parameters for a given tissue type and location. In tumor ablation, similar to surgical resection, it is desirable to include a safety margin of ablated tissue around the entirety of the tumor. A factor in optimizing ablative techniques is minimizing the recurrence rate, which can be due to incomplete ablation of the target tissue. Further, combining focal ablation with immunotherapy is likely to be key for effective treatment of metastatic cancer, and therefore characterizing the impact of ablation on the tumor microenvironment will be important. Thus, visualization and quantification of the extent of ablation is an integral component of ablative procedures. The aim of this review article is to describe the radiological findings after ultrasound ablation across multiple imaging modalities. This review presents readers with a general overview of the current and emerging imaging methods to assess the efficacy of ultrasound ablative treatments.
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- Brett Z. Fite
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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Dai J, Lv Q, Li Y, Wang W, Tian Y, Guo J. Controllable Angle Shear Wavefront Reconstruction Based on Image Fusion Method for Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2022; 69:187-198. [PMID: 34623264 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2021.3118380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The generation and measurement of shear waves are critical in ultrasonic elasticity imaging. Generally, the resulting wavefront direction is very important for accurately measuring the shear speed and estimating the medium elasticity. In this article, the proposed method can generate a compound shear wavefront with the same direction as speed reconstruction and zero angles between the wavefront and the focus direction, which can improve the estimation accuracy of shear wave velocity. Also, this method, called time-division multipoint excitation image fusion (TDMPEIF), can reconstruct the shear wave propagation images acquired at different depths of a medium according to the frame sequence to produce the shear waves front with a regulable angle. Moreover, the shear wave speed and the elasticity of a medium can be mapped quantitatively with this method. The results demonstrate that the TDMPEIF can improve the quality of the shear wave velocity images, which has wide application value and good promotion prospects for quantitative evaluation of tissue elasticity.
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Hofstetter LW, Odéen H, Bolster BD, Christensen DA, Payne A, Parker DL. Magnetic resonance shear wave elastography using transient acoustic radiation force excitations and sinusoidal displacement encoding. Phys Med Biol 2021; 66. [PMID: 33352538 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abd5ce] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A magnetic resonance (MR) shear wave elastography technique that uses transient acoustic radiation force impulses from a focused ultrasound (FUS) transducer and a sinusoidal-shaped MR displacement encoding strategy is presented. Using this encoding strategy, an analytic expression for calculating the shear wave speed in a heterogeneous medium was derived. Green's function-based simulations were used to evaluate the feasibility of calculating shear wave speed maps using the analytic expression. Accuracy of simulation technique was confirmed experimentally in a homogeneous gelatin phantom. The elastography measurement was compared to harmonic MR elastography in a homogeneous phantom experiment and the measured shear wave speed values differed by less than 14%. This new transient elastography approach was able to map the position and shape of inclusions sized from 8.5 to 14 mm in an inclusion phantom experiment. These preliminary results demonstrate the feasibility of using a straightforward analytic expression to generate shear wave speed maps from MR images where sinusoidal-shaped motion encoding gradients are used to encode the displacement-time history of a transiently propagating wave-packet. This new measurement technique may be particularly well suited for performing elastography before, during, and after MR-guided FUS therapies since the same device used for therapy is also used as an excitation source for elastography.
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- Lorne W Hofstetter
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Guertler CA, Okamoto RJ, Ireland JA, Pacia CP, Garbow JR, Chen H, Bayly PV. Estimation of Anisotropic Material Properties of Soft Tissue by MRI of Ultrasound-Induced Shear Waves. J Biomech Eng 2020; 142:1073942. [PMID: 31980814 DOI: 10.1115/1.4046127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This paper describes a new method for estimating anisotropic mechanical properties of fibrous soft tissue by imaging shear waves induced by focused ultrasound (FUS) and analyzing their direction-dependent speeds. Fibrous materials with a single, dominant fiber direction may exhibit anisotropy in both shear and tensile moduli, reflecting differences in the response of the material when loads are applied in different directions. The speeds of shear waves in such materials depend on the propagation and polarization directions of the waves relative to the dominant fiber direction. In this study, shear waves were induced in muscle tissue (chicken breast) ex vivo by harmonically oscillating the amplitude of an ultrasound beam focused in a cylindrical tissue sample. The orientation of the fiber direction relative to the excitation direction was varied by rotating the sample. Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) was used to visualize and measure the full 3D displacement field due to the ultrasound-induced shear waves. The phase gradient (PG) of radially propagating "slow" and "fast" shear waves provided local estimates of their respective wave speeds and directions. The equations for the speeds of these waves in an incompressible, transversely isotropic (TI), linear elastic material were fitted to measurements to estimate the shear and tensile moduli of the material. The combination of focused ultrasound and MR imaging allows noninvasive, but comprehensive, characterization of anisotropic soft tissue.
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- Charlotte A Guertler
- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, CB 1185 St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, CB 1185 St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, CB 1185 St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, CB 1097, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis, 4525 Scott Avenue, CB 8227, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, CB 1097, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, CB 1185 St. Louis, MO 63130; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, CB 1097, St. Louis, MO 63130
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Fu J, Wu B, Wu H, Lin F, Deng W. Accuracy of real-time shear wave elastography in staging hepatic fibrosis: a meta-analysis. BMC Med Imaging 2020; 20:16. [PMID: 32046659 PMCID: PMC7014748 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-020-0414-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Chronic liver disease (CLD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality and can lead to hepatic fibrosis. This study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic value of real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) in the assessment of hepatic fibrosis. Methods A systematic search of databases was performed for publications on SWE during the period between 2010 and 2017. The identified studies were analyzed using Meta-disc 1.4 software to integrate and analyze the data. Results Eleven studies comprising 1560 patients were included for analysis. The pooled sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic odds ratio were 0.85 (95% CI: 0.82–0.87), 0.79 (95% CI: 0.76–0.82) and 30.81 (95% CI: 16.55–57.34), respectively for patients with a Metavir-score of ≥ F2; 0.87 (95% CI: 0.84–0.91), 0.84 (95% CI: 0.82–0.87), 41.45 (95% CI:18.25–94.45), respectively for patients with ≥ F3; 0.88(95% CI: 0.83–0.91), 0.91 (95% CI: 0.89–0.92), 67.18 (95% CI:30.02–150.31), respectively for patients with ≥ F4. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the three groups were 0.9147, 0.9223 and 0.9520, respectively. Conclusions Our work demonstrates that SWE is highly accurate for detecting and staging hepatic fibrosis.
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- Juan Fu
- Department of Infectious Disease, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, 19 Xiuhua Road, Haikou, 570311, China.
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Considerations for ultrasound exposure during transcranial MR acoustic radiation force imaging. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16235. [PMID: 31700021 PMCID: PMC6838326 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52443-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to improve the sensitivity of magnetic resonance-acoustic radiation force imaging (MR-ARFI) to minimize pressures required to localize focused ultrasound (FUS) beams, and to establish safe FUS localization parameters for ongoing ultrasound neuromodulation experiments in living non-human primates. We developed an optical tracking method to ensure that the MR-ARFI motion-encoding gradients (MEGs) were aligned with a single-element FUS transducer and that the imaged slice was prescribed at the optically tracked location of the acoustic focus. This method was validated in phantoms, which showed that MR-ARFI-derived displacement sensitivity is maximized when the MR-ARFI MEGs were maximally aligned with the FUS propagation direction. The method was then applied in vivo to acquire displacement images in two healthy macaque monkeys (M fascicularis) which showed the FUS beam within the brain. Temperature images were acquired using MR thermometry to provide an estimate of in vivo brain temperature changes during MR-ARFI, and pressure and thermal simulations of the acoustic pulses were performed using the k-Wave package which showed no significant heating at the focus of the FUS beam. The methods presented here will benefit the multitude of transcranial FUS applications as well as future human applications.
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Ilovitsh A, Fite BZ, Ilovitsh T, Ferrara KW. Acoustic radiation force imaging using a single-shot spiral readout. Phys Med Biol 2019; 64:125004. [PMID: 31039549 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab1e21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The purpose of this study is to develop and validate rapid magnetic resonance acoustic radiation force imaging (MR-ARFI) using a single shot spiral readout for focused ultrasound (FUS) guidance and for local tissue displacement measurements. A magnetic resonance guided FUS system was used to focus a 3 MHz ultrasound beam to a predetermined position. MR-ARFI was performed with a Bruker 7 T MRI using a modified single-shot spiral readout, with additional motion encoding gradients that convert local displacement into the phase image. Post processing was then used to analyze the resulting displacement and to evaluate the method's performance for the detection of tissue changes resulting from thermal ablation. The single-shot spiral readout acquires a single MR-ARFI image in one second, which is up to two orders of magnitude faster than conventional 2D spin-warp spin echo that acquires the k-space data line by line. The ARFI displacement in tissue mimicking phantoms was detected and localized with less than 5% geometric distortion. The ARFI displacement was also measured pre and post thermal ablation in an ex vivo chicken breast. For transmitted peak negative pressure of 8.6 MPa, the maximum displacement of the tissue that was ablated to 70 °C was 78% lower than the pre-ablated tissue. Since spiral readout is not prone to geometrical distortion, it is well-suited for FUS guidance, without generating undesired temperature elevation. Additionally, local displacement measurements of tissues can be performed rapidly during thermal ablation procedures and may help to assess the success of the treatment.
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- Asaf Ilovitsh
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, United States of America
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Hofstetter LW, Odéen H, Bolster BD, Mueller A, Christensen DA, Payne A, Parker DL. Efficient shear wave elastography using transient acoustic radiation force excitations and MR displacement encoding. Magn Reson Med 2019; 81:3153-3167. [PMID: 30663806 PMCID: PMC6414262 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To present a novel MR shear wave elastography (MR-SWE) method that efficiently measures the speed of propagating wave packets generated using acoustic radiation force (ARF) impulses. METHODS ARF impulses from a focused ultrasound (FUS) transducer were applied sequentially to a preselected set of positions and motion encoded MRI was used to acquire volumetric images of the propagating shear wavefront emanating from each point. The wavefront position at multiple propagation times was encoded in the MR phase image using a train of motion encoding gradient lobes. Generating a transient propagating wavefront at multiple spatial positions and sampling each at multiple time-points allowed for shear wave speed maps to be efficiently created. MR-SWE was evaluated in tissue mimicking phantoms and ex vivo bovine liver tissue before and after ablation. RESULTS MR-SWE maps, covering an in-plane area of ~5 × 5 cm, were acquired in 12 s for a single slice and 144 s for a volumetric scan. MR-SWE detected inclusions of differing stiffness in a phantom experiment. In bovine liver, mean shear wave speed significantly increased from 1.65 ± 0.18 m/s in normal to 2.52 ± 0.18 m/s in ablated region (n = 581 pixels; P-value < 0.001). CONCLUSION MR-SWE is an elastography technique that enables precise targeting and excitation of the desired tissue of interest. MR-SWE may be particularly well suited for treatment planning and endpoint assessment of MR-guided FUS procedures because the same device used for therapy can be used as an excitation source for tissue stiffness quantification.
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- Lorne W Hofstetter
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Urban MW. Production of acoustic radiation force using ultrasound: methods and applications. Expert Rev Med Devices 2018; 15:819-834. [PMID: 30350736 DOI: 10.1080/17434440.2018.1538782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Acoustic radiation force (ARF) is used in many biomedical applications. The transfer of momentum in acoustic waves can be used in a multitude of ways to perturb tissue and manipulate cells. AREAS COVERED This review will briefly cover the acoustic theory related to ARF, particularly that related to application in tissues. The use of ARF in measurement of mechanical properties will be treated in detail with emphasis on the spatial and temporal modulation of the ARF. Additional topics covered will be the manipulation of particles with ARF, correction of phase aberration with ARF, modulation of cellular behavior with ARF, and bioeffects related to ARF use. EXPERT COMMENTARY The use of ARF can be tailored to specific applications for measurements of mechanical properties or correction of focusing for ultrasound beams. Additionally, noncontact manipulation of particles and cells with ARF enables a wide array of applications for tissue engineering and biosensing.
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- Matthew W Urban
- a Department of Radiology , Mayo Clinic , Rochester , MN , USA
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