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Article

Fast Volumetric Ultrasound B-Mode and Doppler Imaging with a New High-Channels Density Platform for Advanced 4D Cardiac Imaging/Therapy

by
Lorena Petrusca
1,*,
François Varray
2,
Rémi Souchon
3,
Adeline Bernard
2,
Jean-Yves Chapelon
3,
Hervé Liebgott
2,
William Apoutou N’Djin
3 and
Magalie Viallon
1,2
1
University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, INSA, CNRS UMR 5520, INSERM U1206, CREATIS, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France
2
University of Lyon, UCBL, INSA, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS UMR 5520, INSERM U1206, CREATIS, F-69100 Lyon, France
3
LabTAU, INSERM, Centre Léon Bérard, Université Lyon 1, Univ Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2018, 8(2), 200; https://doi.org/10.3390/app8020200
Submission received: 22 December 2017 / Revised: 24 January 2018 / Accepted: 25 January 2018 / Published: 29 January 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging)
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Abstract

A novel ultrasound (US) high-channels platform is a pre-requisite to open new frontiers in diagnostic and/or therapy by experimental implementation of innovative advanced US techniques. To date, a few systems with more than 1000 transducers permit full and simultaneous control in both transmission and receiving of all single elements of arrays. A powerful US platform for implementing 4-D (real-time 3-D) advanced US strategies, offering full research access, is presented in this paper. It includes a 1024-elements array prototype designed for 4-D cardiac dual-mode US imaging/therapy and 4 synchronized Vantage systems. The physical addressing of each element was properly chosen for allowing various array downsampled combinations while minimizing the number of driving systems. Numerical simulations of US imaging were performed, and corresponding experimental data were acquired to compare full and downsampled array strategies, testing 4-D imaging sequences and reconstruction processes. The results indicate the degree of degradation of image quality when using full array or downsampled combinations, and the contrast ratio and the contrast to noise ratio vary from 7.71 dB to 2.02 dB and from 2.99 dB to −7.31 dB, respectively. Moreover, the feasibility of the 4-D US platform implementation was tested on a blood vessel mimicking phantom for preliminary Doppler applications. The acquired data with fast volumetric imaging with up to 2000 fps allowed assessing the validity of common 3-D power Doppler, opening in this way a large field of applications.
Keywords: ultrasound; 4-D; cardiac; fast volumetric imaging; platform; advanced imaging; power doppler ultrasound; 4-D; cardiac; fast volumetric imaging; platform; advanced imaging; power doppler

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Petrusca, L.; Varray, F.; Souchon, R.; Bernard, A.; Chapelon, J.-Y.; Liebgott, H.; N’Djin, W.A.; Viallon, M. Fast Volumetric Ultrasound B-Mode and Doppler Imaging with a New High-Channels Density Platform for Advanced 4D Cardiac Imaging/Therapy. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8020200

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Petrusca L, Varray F, Souchon R, Bernard A, Chapelon J-Y, Liebgott H, N’Djin WA, Viallon M. Fast Volumetric Ultrasound B-Mode and Doppler Imaging with a New High-Channels Density Platform for Advanced 4D Cardiac Imaging/Therapy. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(2):200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8020200

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Petrusca, Lorena, François Varray, Rémi Souchon, Adeline Bernard, Jean-Yves Chapelon, Hervé Liebgott, William Apoutou N’Djin, and Magalie Viallon. 2018. "Fast Volumetric Ultrasound B-Mode and Doppler Imaging with a New High-Channels Density Platform for Advanced 4D Cardiac Imaging/Therapy" Applied Sciences 8, no. 2: 200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8020200

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Petrusca, L., Varray, F., Souchon, R., Bernard, A., Chapelon, J.-Y., Liebgott, H., N’Djin, W. A., & Viallon, M. (2018). Fast Volumetric Ultrasound B-Mode and Doppler Imaging with a New High-Channels Density Platform for Advanced 4D Cardiac Imaging/Therapy. Applied Sciences, 8(2), 200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8020200

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