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Cai D, Yang K, Liu X, Xu J, Ran Y, Xu Y, Zhou X. Suppressing the HIFU interference in ultrasound guiding images with a diffusion-based deep learning model. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 254:108304. [PMID: 38954917 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In ultrasound guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) surgery, it is necessary to transmit sound waves at different frequencies simultaneously using two transducers: one for the HIFU therapy and another for the ultrasound imaging guidance. In this specific setting, real-time monitoring of non-invasive surgery is challenging due to severe contamination of the ultrasound guiding images by strong acoustic interference from the HIFU sonication. METHODS This paper proposed the use of a deep learning (DL) solution, specifically a diffusion implicit model, to suppress the HIFU interference. We considered the images contaminated with HIFU interference as low-resolution images, and those free from interference as high-resolution. While suppressing HIFU interference using the diffusion implicit (HIFU-Diff) model, the task was transformed into generating a high-resolution image through a series of forward diffusion steps and reverse sampling. A series of ex-vivo and in-vivo experiments, conducted under various parameters, were designed to validate the performance of the proposed network. RESULTS Quantitative evaluation and statistical analysis demonstrated that the HIFU-Diff network achieved superior performance in reconstructing interference-free images under a variety of ex-vivo and in-vivo conditions, compared to the most commonly used notch filtering and the recent 1D FUS-Net deep learning network. The HIFU-Diff maintains high performance with 'unseen' datasets from separate experiments, and its superiority is more pronounced under strong HIFU interferences and in complex in-vivo situations. Furthermore, the reconstructed interference-free images can also be used for quantitative attenuation imaging, indicating that the network preserves acoustic characteristics of the ultrasound images. CONCLUSIONS With the proposed technique, HIFU therapy and the ultrasound imaging can be conducted simultaneously, allowing for real-time monitoring of the treatment process. This capability could significantly enhance the safety and efficacy of the non-invasive treatment across various clinical applications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first diffusion-based model developed for HIFU interference suppression.
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- Dejia Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Evaluation of Ultrasonic Surgical Equipment, Wuhan, 430075, China; Hubei Medical Devices Quality Supervision and Test Institute, Wuhan, 430075, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
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Yang K, Li Q, Xu J, Tang MX, Wang Z, Tsui PH, Zhou X. Frequency-Domain Robust PCA for Real-Time Monitoring of HIFU Treatment. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2024; 43:3001-3012. [PMID: 38578852 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2024.3385408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a thriving non-invasive technique for thermal ablation of tumors, but significant challenges remain in its real-time monitoring with medical imaging. Ultrasound imaging is one of the main imaging modalities for monitoring HIFU surgery in organs other than the brain, mainly due to its good temporal resolution. However, strong acoustic interference from HIFU irradiation severely obscures the B-mode images and compromises the monitoring. To address this problem, we proposed a frequency-domain robust principal component analysis (FRPCA) method to separate the HIFU interference from the contaminated B-mode images. Ex-vivo and in-vivo experiments were conducted to validate the proposed method based on a clinical HIFU therapy system combined with an ultrasound imaging platform. The performance of the FRPCA method was compared with the conventional notch filtering method. Results demonstrated that the FRPCA method can effectively remove HIFU interference from the B-mode images, which allowed HIFU-induced grayscale changes at the focal region to be recovered. Compared to notch-filtered images, the FRPCA-processed images showed an 8.9% improvement in terms of the structural similarity (SSIM) index to the uncontaminated B-mode images. These findings demonstrate that the FRPCA method presents an effective signal processing framework to remove the strong HIFU acoustic interference, obtains better dynamic visualization in monitoring the HIFU irradiation process, and offers great potential to improve the efficacy and safety of HIFU treatment and other focused ultrasound related applications.
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Yang K, Li Q, Liu H, Zeng Q, Cai D, Xu J, Zhou Y, Tsui PH, Zhou X. Suppressing HIFU interference in ultrasound images using 1D U-Net-based neural networks. Phys Med Biol 2024; 69:075006. [PMID: 38382109 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad2b95] [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: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Objective.One big challenge with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is that the intense acoustic interference generated by HIFU irradiation overwhelms the B-mode monitoring images, compromising monitoring effectiveness. This study aims to overcome this problem using a one-dimensional (1D) deep convolutional neural network.Approach. U-Net-based networks have been proven to be effective in image reconstruction and denoising, and the two-dimensional (2D) U-Net has already been investigated for suppressing HIFU interference in ultrasound monitoring images. In this study, we propose that the one-dimensional (1D) convolution in U-Net-based networks is more suitable for removing HIFU artifacts and can better recover the contaminated B-mode images compared to 2D convolution.Ex vivoandinvivoHIFU experiments were performed on a clinically equivalent ultrasound-guided HIFU platform to collect image data, and the 1D convolution in U-Net, Attention U-Net, U-Net++, and FUS-Net was applied to verify our proposal.Main results.All 1D U-Net-based networks were more effective in suppressing HIFU interference than their 2D counterparts, with over 30% improvement in terms of structural similarity (SSIM) to the uncontaminated B-mode images. Additionally, 1D U-Nets trained usingex vivodatasets demonstrated better generalization performance ininvivoexperiments.Significance.These findings indicate that the utilization of 1D convolution in U-Net-based networks offers great potential in addressing the challenges of monitoring in ultrasound-guided HIFU systems.
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- Kun Yang
- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- The State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, People's Republic of China
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Zhou Y, Gong X, You Y. In vivo evaluation of focused ultrasound ablation surgery (FUAS)-induced coagulation using echo amplitudes of the therapeutic focused ultrasound transducer. Int J Hyperthermia 2024; 41:2325477. [PMID: 38439505 DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2024.2325477] [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: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Monitoring sensitivity of sonography in focused ultrasound ablation surgery (FUAS) is limited (no hyperechoes in ∼50% of successful coagulation in uterine fibroids). A more accurate and sensitive approach is required. METHOD The echo amplitudes of the focused ultrasound (FUS) transducer in a testing mode (short pulse duration and low power) were found to correlate with the ex vivo coagulation. To further evaluate its coagulation prediction capabilities, in vivo experiments were carried out. The liver, kidney, and leg muscles of three adult goats were treated using clinical FUAS settings, and the echo amplitude of the FUS transducer and grayscale in sonography before and after FUAS were collected. On day 7, animals were sacrificed humanely, and the treated tissues were dissected to expose the lesion. Echo amplitude changes and lesion areas were analyzed statistically, as were the coagulation prediction metrics. RESULTS The echo amplitude changes of the FUS transducer correlate well with the lesion areas in the liver (R = 0.682). Its prediction in accuracy (94.4% vs. 50%), sensitivity (92.9% vs. 35.7%), and negative prediction (80% vs. 30.8%) is better than sonography, but similar in specificity (80% vs. 100%) and positive prediction (100% vs. 100%). In addition, the correlation between tissue depth and the lesion area is not good (|R| < 0.2). Prediction performances in kidney and leg muscles are similar. CONCLUSION The FUS echo amplitudes are sensitive to the tissue properties and their changes after FUAS. They are sensitive and reliable in evaluating and predicting FUAS outcomes.
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- Yufeng Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Quality Evaluation of Ultrasonic Surgical Equipment, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Research and Development, National Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Medicine, Chongqing, China
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- Research and Development, National Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Medicine, Chongqing, China
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Shen CC, Wu NH. Ultrasound Monitoring of Simultaneous high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy using minimum-peak-sidelobe coded excitation. ULTRASONICS 2024; 138:107224. [PMID: 38134515 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2023.107224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Bipolar sequences can be readily transmitted by ultrasound (US) pulser hardware with the full driving voltage to boost the echo magnitude in B-mode monitoring of HIFU treatment. In this study, a novel single-transmit bipolar sequence with minimum-peak-sidelobe (MPS) level is developed not only to restore the image quality of US monitoring but also remove acoustic interference from simultaneous HIFU transmission. The proposed MPS code is designed with an equal number of positive and negative bits and the bit duration should be an integer multiple of the period of the HIFU waveform. In addition, different permutations of code sequence are searched in order to obtain the optimal encoding. The received imaging echo is firstly decoded by matched filtering to cancel HIFU interference and to enhance the echo magnitude of US monitoring. Then, Wiener filtering is applied as the second-stage pulse compression to improve the final image quality. Simulations and phantom experiments are performed to compare the single-transmit MPS decoding with conventional two-transmit methods such as pulse-inversion subtraction (PIS) and Golay decoding for their performance in simultaneous US monitoring of HIFU treatment. Results show that the MPS decoding effectively removes HIFU interference even in the presence of tissue motion. The image quality of PIS and Golay decoding, on the other hand, is compromised by the uncancelled HIFU components due to tissue motion. Simultaneous US monitoring of tissue ablation using the proposed MPS decoding has also demonstrated to be feasible in ex-vivo experiments. Compared to the notch filtering that also allows single-transmit HIFU elimination, the MPS decoding is preferrable because it does not suffer from the tradeoff between residual HIFU and speckle deterioration in US monitoring images.
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- Che-Chou Shen
- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, #43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, #43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Zhao X, Yang C, Lyu Y, Xu Y, Han Z, Zhao H. Tissue ultrasound imaging based on wavelet correlation analysis and pulse-inversion technique. Technol Health Care 2024; 32:31-53. [PMID: 37781821 DOI: 10.3233/thc-220403] [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] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pulse-inversion-based tissue harmonic imaging has been utilized for many years because it can effectively eliminate the harmonic leakage and produce low side-lobe. However, the pulse inversion method is sensitive to imaging object movements, which may result in motion artifacts. Spatial resolution and contrast were limited. OBJECTIVE To improve ultrasound image quality by a new pulse-inversion-based tissue harmonic imaging technique. METHODS Continuous wavelet transform is applied to investigate the correlation between mother wavelet and the received echoes from two opposite pulses. To get a better correlation, a novel mother wavelet named 'tissue wavelet' is designed based on the Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya- Kuznetsov (KZK) wave equation. Radio frequency data were obtained from open Ultrasonix SonixTouch imaging system. Experiments were carried on ultrasonic tissue phantom, human carotid artery and human liver. RESULTS The average improvement of lateral spatial resolution is 49.52% compared to pulse-inversion-based tissue second-harmonic Imaging (PIHI). Contrast ratio (CR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) increased by 5.55 dB and 1.40 dB over PIHI. Tissue wavelet performs better than Mexh and Morl wavelet in lateral spatial resolution, CR, and CNR. CONCLUSION The proposed technique effectively improves the imaging quality in lateral spatial resolution, CR, and CNR.
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- Xiaoyan Zhao
- Department of Information Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Tsingtao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Information Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Tsingtao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Information Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Tsingtao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Information Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Tsingtao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Instrument Science and Opto-electronics Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Orthopedic Department of the Second Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Shin EJ, Park S, Kang S, Kim J, Chang JH. Improving the quality of ultrasound images acquired using a therapeutic transducer. ULTRASONICS 2023; 134:107063. [PMID: 37300907 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2023.107063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To enhance the effectiveness and safety of focused ultrasound (FUS) therapy, ultrasound image-based guidance and treatment monitoring are crucial. However, the use of FUS transducers for both therapy and imaging is impractical due to their low spatial resolution, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). To address this issue, we propose a new method that significantly improve the quality of images obtained by a FUS transducer. The proposed method employs coded excitation to enhance SNR and Wiener deconvolution to solve the problem of low axial resolution resulting from the narrow spectral bandwidth of FUS transducers. Specifically, the method eliminates the impulse response of a FUS transducer from received ultrasound signals using Wiener deconvolution, and pulse compression is performed using a mismatched filter. Simulation and commercial phantom experiments confirmed that the proposed method significantly improves the quality of images acquired by the FUS transducer. The -6 dB axial resolution was improved 1.27 mm to 0.37 mm that was similar to the resolution achieved by the imaging transducer, i.e., 0.33 mm. SNR and CNR also increased from 16.5 dB and 0.69 to 29.1 dB and 3.03, respectively, that were also similar to those by the imaging transducer (27.8 dB and 3.16). Based on the results, we believe that the proposed method has great potential to enhance the clinical utility of FUS transducers in ultrasound image-guided therapy.
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- Eui-Ji Shin
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology), Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology), Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology), Daegu, Korea.
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Kim J, Lee J. Acoustic and Thermal Characterization of Therapeutic Ultrasonic Langevin Transducers under Continuous- and Pulsed Wave Excitations. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:9006. [PMID: 36433604 PMCID: PMC9696829 DOI: 10.3390/s22229006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We previously conducted an empirical study on Langevin type transducers in medical use by examining the heat effect on porcine tissue. For maximum acoustic output, the transducer was activated by a continuous sinusoidal wave. In this work, pulsed waves with various duty factors were applied to our transducer model in order to examine their effect on functionality. Acoustic power, electro-acoustic conversion efficiency, acoustic pressure, thermal effect on porcine tissue and bovine muscle, and heat generation in the transducer were investigated under various input conditions. For example, the results of applying a continuous wave of 200 VPP and a pulse wave of 70% duty factor with the same amplitude to the transducer were compared. It was found that continuous waves generated 9.79 W of acoustic power, 6.40% energy efficiency, and 24.84 kPa acoustic pressure. In pulsed excitation, the corresponding values were 9.04 W, 8.44%, and 24.7 kPa, respectively. The maximum temperature increases in bovine muscle are reported to be 83.0 °C and 89.5 °C for each waveform, whereas these values were 102.5 °C and 84.5 °C in fatty porcine tissue. Moreover, the heat generation around the transducer was monitored under continuous and pulsed modes and was found to be 51.3 °C and 50.4 °C. This shows that pulsed excitation gives rise to less thermal influence on the transducer. As a result, it is demonstrated that a transducer triggered by pulsed waves improves the energy efficiency and provides sufficient thermal impact on biological tissues by selecting proper electrical excitation types.
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Shen CC, Lin RC, Wu NH. Golay-Encoded Ultrasound Monitoring of Simultaneous High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment: A Phantom Study. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2022; 69:1370-1381. [PMID: 35192463 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2022.3153661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Ultrasound (US) imaging has high potential in monitoring high-intensity focused US (HIFU) treatment due to its superior temporal resolution. However, US monitoring is often hindered by strong HIFU interference, which overwhelms the echoes received by the imaging array. In this study, a method of Golay-encoded US monitoring is proposed to visualize the imaged object for simultaneous HIFU treatment. It effectively removes HIFU interference patterns in real-time B-mode imaging and improves the metrics of image quality, such as peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), structural similarity (SSIM), and contrast ratio (CR). Compared to the pulse-inversion sequence, the N -bit Golay sequence can boost the echo magnitude of US monitoring by another N times and, thus, exhibits higher robustness. Simulations show that a sinusoidal HIFU waveform can be fully eliminated using Golay decoding when the bit duration of the N -bit Golay sequence ( N is the power of 4) coincides with either odd (Case I) or even (Case II) integer multiples of the HIFU quarter period. Experimental results also show that the Golay decoding with Case II can increase the PSNR of US monitoring images by more than 30 dB for both pulse- and continuous-wave HIFU transmissions. The SSIM index also effectively improves to about unity, indicating that the B-mode image with HIFU transmission is visually indistinguishable from that acquired without HIFU transmission. Though Case I is inferior to Case II in the elimination of even-order HIFU harmonic, they together enable a more flexible selection of imaging frequencies to meet the required image resolution and penetration for Golay-encoded US monitoring.
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Lim HG, Kim H, Kim K, Park J, Kim Y, Yoo J, Heo D, Baik J, Park SM, Kim HH. Thermal Ablation and High-Resolution Imaging Using a Back-to-Back (BTB) Dual-Mode Ultrasonic Transducer: In Vivo Results. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:1580. [PMID: 33668260 PMCID: PMC7956793 DOI: 10.3390/s21051580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We present a back-to-back (BTB) structured, dual-mode ultrasonic device that incorporates a single-element 5.3 MHz transducer for high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment and a single-element 20.0 MHz transducer for high-resolution ultrasound imaging. Ultrasound image-guided surgical systems have been developed for lesion monitoring to ensure that ultrasonic treatment is correctly administered at the right locations. In this study, we developed a dual-element transducer composed of two elements that share the same housing but work independently with a BTB structure, enabling a mode change between therapy and imaging via 180-degree mechanical rotation. The optic fibers were embedded in the HIFU focal region of ex vivo chicken breasts and the temperature change was measured. Images were obtained in vivo mice before and after treatment and compared to identify the treated region. We successfully acquired B-mode and C-scan images that display the hyperechoic region indicating coagulation necrosis in the HIFU-treated volume up to a depth of 10 mm. The compact BTB dual-mode ultrasonic transducer may be used for subcutaneous thermal ablation and monitoring, minimally invasive surgery, and other clinical applications, all with ultrasound only.
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- Hae Gyun Lim
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea;
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- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (H.K.); (J.P.); (J.Y.)
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- Department of Convergence IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (K.K.); (Y.K.); (J.B.); (S.-M.P.)
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- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (H.K.); (J.P.); (J.Y.)
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- Department of Convergence IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (K.K.); (Y.K.); (J.B.); (S.-M.P.)
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- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (H.K.); (J.P.); (J.Y.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea;
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- Department of Convergence IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (K.K.); (Y.K.); (J.B.); (S.-M.P.)
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- Department of Convergence IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (K.K.); (Y.K.); (J.B.); (S.-M.P.)
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- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (H.K.); (J.P.); (J.Y.)
- Department of Convergence IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (K.K.); (Y.K.); (J.B.); (S.-M.P.)
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea
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Lv F, Zhang P, Tang Z, Yue Y, Yang K. A Guided Wave Transducer with Sprayed Magnetostrictive Powder Coating for Monitoring of Aluminum Conductor Steel-Reinforced Cables. SENSORS 2019; 19:s19071550. [PMID: 30935068 PMCID: PMC6479737 DOI: 10.3390/s19071550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aluminum conductor steel-reinforced (ACSR) cables are typically used in overhead transmission lines, requiring stringent non-destructive testing owing to the severe conditions they face. Ultrasonic guided wave inspection provides promising online monitoring of the wire breakage of cables with the advantages of high sensitivity, long-range inspection, and full cross-sectional coverage. It is a very popular method to generate and receive guided waves using magnetostrictive and piezoelectric transducers. However, uniformly coupling the acoustic energy excited by transducers into multi-wire structures is always a challenge in the field application of guided waves. Long-term field application of piezoelectric transducers is limited due to the small coupling surface area, localized excitation, and couplant required. Conventional magnetostrictive transducers for steel strand inspection are based on the magnetostrictive effect of the material itself. Two factors affect the transducing performance of the transducers on ACSR cables. On one hand, there is a non-magnetostrictive effect in aluminum wires. On the other hand, the magnetostriction of the innermost steel wires is too weak to generate guided waves. The bias magnetic field is attenuated by the outer layers of aluminum wires. In this paper, an alternative sprayed magnetostrictive powder coating (SMPC) transducer was developed for guided wave generation and detection in ACSR cables. The Fe83Ga17 alloy powder with large magnetostriction was sprayed uniformly on the surfaces of certain sections of the outermost aluminum wires where the transducer would be installed. Experimental investigations were carried out to generate and receive the most commonly used L(0,1) guided waves for wire breakage detection at frequencies of 50 and 100 kHz. The results demonstrate that the discernable reflected waves of the cable end and an artificial defect of three-wire breakage (5.5% reduction in the cable’s cross-sectional area) were received by the transducer with SMPC, which was impossible for the transducer without SMPC. This method makes long-term and online monitoring of ACSR cables feasible due to the high coupling efficiency and good structural surface adaptability.
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- Fuzai Lv
- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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- Institute of Advanced Digital Technologies and Instrumentation, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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- Inner Mongolia EHV Power Supply Bureau, Hohhot 010080, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Guided Wave Propagation in a Multi-Wire Cable. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9051028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Ultrasonic guided waves (UGWs) have attracted attention in the nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring (SHM) of multi-wire cables. They offer such advantages as a single measurement, wide coverage of the acoustic field, and long-range propagation ability. However, the mechanical coupling of multi-wire structures complicates the propagation behaviors of guided waves and signal interpretation. In this paper, UGW propagation in these waveguides is investigated theoretically, numerically, and experimentally from the perspective of dispersion and wave structure, contact acoustic nonlinearity (CAN), and wave energy transfer. Although the performance of all possible propagating wave modes in a multi-wire cable at different frequencies could be obtained by dispersion analysis, it is ineffective to analyze the frequency behaviors of the wave signals of a certain mode, which could be analyzed using the CAN effect. The CAN phenomenon of two mechanically coupled wires in contact was observed, which was demonstrated by numerical guided wave simulation and experiments. Additionally, the measured guided wave energy of wires located in different layers of an aluminum conductor steel-reinforced cable accords with the theoretical prediction. The model of wave energy distribution in different layers of a cable also could be used to optimize the excitation power of transducers and determine the effective monitoring range of SHM.
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