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Sound speed imaging of small animal organs by ultrasound computed tomography

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    Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China

  • 2.

    Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China

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    Zhiming Hu is a graduate student under the supervision of Prof. Chao Tian at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). His current research is focused on ultrasound computed tomography

    Chao Tian is a professor at the School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and the PhD degree in Optical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. From 2013 to 2017, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in photo-acoustic imaging with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and is a co-inventor of six patents. Dr. Tian is a Senior Member of OSA and a member of SPIE and IEEE. His research interests focus on photo-acoustic and ultrasound imaging and their biomedical applications

  • Corresponding author: E-mail: ctian@ustc.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 20 April 2021
  • Accepted Date: 26 November 2021
    • Available Online: 20 April 2022
    Abstract

  • Abstract

    Sound speed is an important acoustic parameter for tissue characterization. Herein we developed an ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) system for ex vivo sound speed imaging and evaluation of small animal organs. The proposed USCT system employs a 256-element ring array transducer and allows simultaneous signal transmission and reception for all channels. The method does not require complicated sample preparation procedures and can yield accurate measurement results. Experimental results show that sound speeds of excised rat brain, heart, liver, spleen, and kidney measured by the method are close to published data. This work demonstrates a new method for sound speed imaging and holds potential for in vivo applications.

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      Sound speed imaging of small animal organs by ultrasound computed tomography

    Abstract

    Sound speed is an important acoustic parameter for tissue characterization. Herein we developed an ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) system for ex vivo sound speed imaging and evaluation of small animal organs. The proposed USCT system employs a 256-element ring array transducer and allows simultaneous signal transmission and reception for all channels. The method does not require complicated sample preparation procedures and can yield accurate measurement results. Experimental results show that sound speeds of excised rat brain, heart, liver, spleen, and kidney measured by the method are close to published data. This work demonstrates a new method for sound speed imaging and holds potential for in vivo applications.

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    • An ultrasound computed tomography system with a 256-element ring array transducer was developed for sound speed imaging and evaluation of small animal organs.
    • Sound speeds of five excised rat organs were imaged and measured and the results are consistent to published data.
    • This work demonstrates a new method for sound speed imaging and holds potential for in vivo applications.

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    Figure  1.  (a) Schematic showing the setup of the USCT imaging system. (b) Principle of bent-ray based image reconstruction. aij denotes the weight of the ith ray in the jth grid.

    Figure  2.  (a) Photograph of a gelatin phantom. (b) Sound speed image of a 22% gelatin phantom. (c) Comparison of average sound speeds of gelatin phantoms at mass concentrations from 14% to 30% measured by USCT and the pulse-echo method.

    Figure  3.  Sound speed maps of rat organs imaged by USCT. First column: photograph of isolated organs. Second column: corresponding sound speed maps. Third column: masks used to segment the regions of interest (ROIs). Fourth column: segmented images used to calculate the average sound speeds. First row to the fifth row: brain, heart, liver, spleen, kidney.

    Figure  4.  Histogram of a typical sound speed image. The histogram has two peaks. One peak represents the background (PBS buffer) and the other indicates the ROI.

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    Duck F A. Physical Properties of Tissues: a Comprehensive Reference Book. Academic Press, 1990. https://sciencedirect.53yu.com/book/9780122228001/physical-properties-of-tissues
    [2]
    Hachiya H, Ohtsuki S, Tanaka M. Relationship between speed of sound in and density of normal and diseased rat livers. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 1994, 33 (5S): 3130. doi: 10.1143/JJAP.33.3130
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    [5]
    Zografos G, Liakou P, Koulocheri D, et al. Differentiation of BIRADS-4 small breast lesions via multimodal ultrasound tomography. European Radiology, 2015, 25 (2): 410–418. doi: 10.1007/s00330-014-3415-3
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    Hachiya H, Ohtsuki S. Non-contact measurement of sound speed of tissues. Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization, Springer, 1996: 63–72.
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    Chen C F, Robinson D E, Wilson L S, et al. Clinical sound speed measurement in liver and spleen in Vivo. Ultrasonic Imaging, 1987, 9 (4): 221–235.
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    Bamber J C, Hill C R. Ultrasonic attenuation and propagation speed in mammalian tissues as a function of temperature. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 1979, 5 (2): 149–157. doi: 10.1016/0301-5629(79)90083-8
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    [37]
    Kumagai H, Yokoyama K, Katsuyama K, et al. A new method for measuring the speed of sound in rat liver ex vivo using an ultrasound system: Correlation of sound speed with fat deposition. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2014, 40 (10): 2499–2507. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.03.019
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    Frizzell L A, Gindorf J D. Measurement of ultrasonic velocity in several biological tissues. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 1981, 7 (4): 385–387. doi: 10.1016/0301-5629(81)90049-1
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