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皮质骨是一种高衰减、各向异性、高声阻抗的多层生物组织. 其结构和材料特性导致高频超声难以穿透其多层结构, 从而获取高质量图像. 传统超声动态聚焦成像以均匀声速假设为前提, 且受制于发射能量和帧率, 难以实现多层结构的准确、快速重建, 限制其临床应用的推广. 针对以上问题, 本文提出一种基于相位迁移的平面波骨成像方法(PSM-PW-VI), 实现了皮质骨多层结构的精确和快速重建. 首先利用超声走时反演估计成像区域的声速分布; 然后应用频域相位迁移平面波相干复合方法并行重建上下两个相控阵探头对应的超声图像; 最后将两幅图像融合得到完整的皮质骨超声图像. 仿真、仿体、离体实验共同验证了该方法的有效性. 无论是三层还是五层模型的皮质骨, 其厚度的平均误差均小于0.2 mm, 相对误差小于7%. 此外, 与基于相位迁移合成孔径(PSM-SA)方法相比, 在相同的工作频率下, 该方法具有更深的成像深度和更快的成像速度. 实验结果表明, 该方法是一种准确高效的皮质骨超声成像方法, 对超声骨成像技术的发展和临床研究具有一定的借鉴意义.Cortical bone, a highly attenuated, anisotropic, and multilayered biological medium with high acoustic impedance, presents significant challenges for high-frequency ultrasound to penetrate its complex structure and acquire high-quality images. The traditional method of using uniform sound velocity in ultrasonic dynamic focusing imaging is limited by emission energy and frame rate, which hinders the accurate and rapid reconstruction of multi-layer structures and clinical applications. In order to meet these challenges, this study proposes a novel method, called the phase shift migration-based plane-wave bone imaging via velocity inversion (PSM-PW-VI), that can accurately and quickly image the multi-layer structure of cortical bone. In the PSM-PW-VI method, two identical linear array probes are arranged in parallel on both sides of the cortical bone for data acquisition. First, the ultrasound velocity distribution in the imaging region is obtained by using ultrasound travel time inversion. Next, two images corresponding to the upper probe and lower probe are acquired in parallel in the frequency domain by employing a phase shift migration-based coherent plane-wave compounding method. Finally, the two images are merged to generate a complete ultrasound image of the cortical bone. Wave propagation in cortical bone is simulated by using the open source toolbox k-wave in MATLAB. Ex-vivo experiments are conducted on 2.5-mm-thick sawbones phantom and 2.45-mm-thick bovine bone plates to evaluate the feasibility of the proposed method, by using the Verasonics platform. Simulation, phantom (Sawbones), and ex-vivo experiments validate the effectiveness of the method. Notably, the average error of the thickness is less than 0.2 mm, and the relative error is less than 7% for both three-layer and five-layer cortical bone. The influence of the number of plane wave compounding angles on imaging quality is investigated, revealing that only 15 angles are sufficient to produce high-quality images. The influence of the velocity model on imaging accuracy is also examined since accurate sound velocity estimation is crucial for obtaining high-quality images of cortical bone. Finally, the performances of PSM-PW-VI and PSM-SA in imaging depth and efficiency are compared. The results demonstrate that the proposed PSM-PW-VI method offers significant improvements in temporal resolution, data storage and processing quantity, emission energy, and imaging depth. The experimental findings validate the effectiveness of the proposed method as an accurate and efficient ultrasound imaging tool for cortical bone, and its substantial role in promoting ultrasound bone imaging technology and clinical applications.
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Keywords:
- plane wave imaging /
- cortical bone /
- multilayered medium /
- frequency domain
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图 2 皮质骨声速模型 (a) 三层模型皮质骨声速模型; (b) 五层模型皮质骨声速模型
Fig. 2. Velocity model of cortical bone: (a) Velocity model of cortical bone with three-layer model; (b) velocity model of cortical bone with five-layer model.
图 4 仿真重建结果 (a)三层模型皮质骨重建结果; (b)五层模型皮质骨重建结果. 橙线为从模型提取的结构和边缘
Fig. 4. Simulated reconstructed results: (a) Reconstructed result of cortical bone with three-layer model; (b) reconstructed result of cortical bone with five-layer model. Orange lines are the structure and edge extracted from the model
图 5 仿体重建结果, 其中橙线为从真实模型中提取的结构和边缘
Fig. 5. Reconstructed result of phantom experiment. Orange lines are the structure and edge extracted from the true model.
图 6 离体实验结果 (a)三层模型皮质骨重建结果; (b)五层模型皮质骨重建结果. 橙线为从真实模型中提取的结构和边缘
Fig. 6. Results of ex-vivo experiment: (a) Reconstructed result of three-layer model cortical bone; (b) reconstructed result of five-layer model cortical bone. Orange lines are the structure and edge extracted from the true model.
图 7 复合角度数量对CNR的影响
Fig. 7. Effect of the number of compounding angles on the contrast-to-noise ratio.
图 8 五层模型皮质骨均匀声速重建结果, 其中橙线为从真实模型中提取的结构和边缘
Fig. 8. Experiment reconstructed result of cortical bone with five-layer model using uniform velocity model; Orange lines are the structure and edge extracted from the true model
图 9 重建结果对比 (a) 合成孔径重建结果; (b) 平面波重建结果
Fig. 9. Comparison of reconstructed results: (a) Reconstruction result using synthetic aperture method; (b) reconstruction result using plane wave method.
表 2 仿真和实验设置
Table 2. Simulation and experiment setup.
设置 仿真研究 实验研究 中心频率/MHz 3.5 3.5 脉冲周期数 2 2 采样率/MHz 25 25 相邻阵元中心/mm 0.3 0.3 外推步长/mm 0.044 0.044 –6 dB带宽/MHz 2.3—4.7 2.3—4.7 阵元间距/mm 0.1 0.1 有效孔径长度/mm 38.4 38.4 网格尺寸 0.02 mm×0.02 mm — 时间步长/s 4×10–9 — 
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表 3 PSM-SA与PSM-PW-VI方法计算复杂度
Table 3. Computational complexity of PSM-SA and PSM-PW-VI algorithms.
操作 PSM-SA复杂度 PSM-PW-VI复杂度 2维插值 ${N_{\text{e}}}{N_x}{N_z}$ ${N_{\text{p}}}{N_x}{N_z}$ ${\mathscr{F} }_{x, t}\{\cdot\}$ $2{N_{\text{e}}}{N_{\text{t}}}{\log _2}({N_{\text{e}}}{N_{\text{t}}})$ ${N_{\text{t}}}{\log _2}({N_{\text{t}}}) + {N_{\text{p}}}{N_{\text{e}}}{\log _2}({N_{\text{e}}})$ ${\mathscr{F} }_{x}^{-1}\{\cdot\}$ $2{N_{\text{e}}}{N_x}{N_z}{\log _2}({N_x})$ ${N_{\text{p}}}{N_x}{N_z}{\log _2}({N_x})$
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表 4 PSM-SA与PSM-PW-VI方法运行时间
Table 4. Running time of PSM-SA and PSM-PW-VI imaging algorithms.
成像深度/mm PSM-SA时间/s PSM-PW-VI时间/s 7.5 158.37 8.26 25.0 208.27 9.79
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[1] Compston J E, McClung M R, Leslie W D 2019 Lancet 393 364
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