Projection-reflection ultrasound images using PE-CMOS sensor: a preliminary bone fracture study

Shih-Chung B. Lo; Chu-Chuan Liu; Matthew T. Freedman; Seong-Ki Mun; John Kula; Marvin E. Lasser; Bob Lasser; Yue Joseph Wang

doi:10.1117/12.772847

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10 March 2008 Projection-reflection ultrasound images using PE-CMOS sensor: a preliminary bone fracture study

Shih-Chung B. Lo, Chu-Chuan Liu, Matthew T. Freedman, Seong-Ki Mun, John Kula, Marvin E. Lasser, Bob Lasser, Yue Joseph Wang

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Proceedings Volume 6920, Medical Imaging 2008: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing; 692005 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.772847
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the characteristics of the ultrasound reflective image obtained by a CMOS sensor array coated with piezoelectric material (PE-CMOS). The laboratory projection-reflection ultrasound prototype consists of five major components: an unfocused ultrasound transducer, an acoustic beam splitter, an acoustic compound lens, a PE-CMOS ultrasound sensing array (Model I400, Imperium Inc. Silver Spring, MD), and a readout circuit system. The prototype can image strong reflective materials such as bone and metal. We found this projection-reflection ultrasound prototype is able to reveal hairline bone fractures with and without intact skin and tissue. When compared, the image generated from a conventional B-scan ultrasound on the same bone fracture is less observable. When it is observable with the B-scan system, the fracture or crack on the surface only show one single spot of echo due to its scan geometry. The corresponding image produced from the projection-reflection ultrasound system shows a bright blooming strip on the image clearly indicating the fracture on the surface of the solid material. Speckles of the bone structure are also observed in the new ultrasound prototype. A theoretical analysis is provided to link the signals as well as speckles detected in both systems.

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Shih-Chung B. Lo, Chu-Chuan Liu, Matthew T. Freedman, Seong-Ki Mun, John Kula, Marvin E. Lasser, Bob Lasser, and Yue Joseph Wang "Projection-reflection ultrasound images using PE-CMOS sensor: a preliminary bone fracture study", Proc. SPIE 6920, Medical Imaging 2008: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing, 692005 (10 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.772847

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