Optimization of real-time high-frequency ultrasound for blood flow imaging in the microcirculation

Dustin Edward Kruse; Jerome J. Mai; Ronald H. Silverman; Michael F. Insana; D. Jackson Coleman M.D.; Katherine W. Ferrara

doi:10.1117/12.428203

30 May 2001 Optimization of real-time high-frequency ultrasound for blood flow imaging in the microcirculation

Dustin Edward Kruse, Jerome J. Mai, Ronald H. Silverman, Michael F. Insana, D. Jackson Coleman M.D., Katherine W. Ferrara

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Proceedings Volume 4325, Medical Imaging 2001: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.428203
Event: Medical Imaging 2001, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The first high frequency ultrasound system able to image blood flow in the microcirculation in real-time has been developed. 2D color flow frames are rapidly acquired using a recently reported method to achieve frame rates approaching 10 fps. A new flow phantom was constructed in order to tune the wall filter order, cutoff and attenuation for a 25 MHz, f/2 transducer. RF data were acquired in both M-mode and swept-mode, and processed in order to tune the wall filter. These filters were then used in making controlled measurements of flow velocity and volume flow rate for a typical PRF of 500 Hz (1 mm/sec scan speed). Over th einput of mean axial velocities ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 mm/sec (0.88 to 8.8 mm/sec angle corrected), the measured mean and maximum flow velocities were linear, with slight over-estimation of mean velocities due to the wall filter cutoff. Without correction for finite beam size, the volume flow rates were over-estimated by a factor of 2. The color flow settings were then applied to image microcirculatory flow within the nail bed of a human finger, where they were tested and optimized for a variety of vessel sizes and flow velocities.

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Dustin Edward Kruse, Jerome J. Mai, Ronald H. Silverman, Michael F. Insana, D. Jackson Coleman M.D., and Katherine W. Ferrara "Optimization of real-time high-frequency ultrasound for blood flow imaging in the microcirculation", Proc. SPIE 4325, Medical Imaging 2001: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing, (30 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.428203

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