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Pulse-Echo Sound Speed Estimation using Second Order Speckle Statistics
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This work presents a phantom-based evaluation of a method for estimating soft-tissue speeds of sound using pulse-echo data. The method is based on the improvement of image sharpness as the sound speed value assumed during beamforming is systematically matched to the tissue sound speed. The novelty of this work is the quantitative assessment of image sharpness by measuring the resolution cell size from the autocovariance matrix for echo signals from a random distribution of scatterers thus eliminating the need of strong reflectors. Envelope data were obtained from a fatty-tissue mimicking (FTM) phantom (sound speed = 1452 m/s) and a nonfatty-tissue mimicking (NFTM) phantom (1544 m/s) scanned with a linear array transducer on a clinical ultrasound system. Dependence on pulse characteristics was tested by varying the pulse frequency and amplitude. On average, sound speed estimation errors were -0.7% for the FTM phantom and -1.1% for the NFTM phantom. In general, no significant difference was found among errors from different pulse frequencies and amplitudes. The method is currently being optimized for the differentiation of diffuse liver diseases.
Keywords:
Quantitative ultrasound
sound speed
speckle statistics
autocovariance
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