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Improved Tracking Performance in High Frame Rate Imaging Using Iterative Phase Tracking

Erlöv, Tobias LU ; Larsson, Roger LU orcid ; Boni, Enrico ; Ramalli, Alessandro ; Rydén Ahlgren, Åsa LU orcid and Cinthio, Magnus LU (2019) In IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2019. p.2158-2161
Abstract
High frame rate ultrasound imaging is necessary to enable tracking of rapid dynamic events such as the carotid pulse wave velocity. Several studies have shown that it is feasible to use motion tracking methods that are applied on standard ultrasound frame rates also on very high frame rates. However, few studies have addressed the issue of accumulated tracking errors over vast numbers of frames during Lagrangian tracking. These could stem from e.g. limited signal-to-noise ratio often resulting from the use of plane wave imaging. One recently proposed solution was to combine motion tracking with an iterative tracking scheme. The purpose of this study has been to evaluate if the iterative tracking scheme could be exploited to increase the... (More)
High frame rate ultrasound imaging is necessary to enable tracking of rapid dynamic events such as the carotid pulse wave velocity. Several studies have shown that it is feasible to use motion tracking methods that are applied on standard ultrasound frame rates also on very high frame rates. However, few studies have addressed the issue of accumulated tracking errors over vast numbers of frames during Lagrangian tracking. These could stem from e.g. limited signal-to-noise ratio often resulting from the use of plane wave imaging. One recently proposed solution was to combine motion tracking with an iterative tracking scheme. The purpose of this study has been to evaluate if the iterative tracking scheme could be exploited to increase the robustness of a phase-based tracking method in high frame rate plane wave imaging to track the carotid artery wall diameter. The results showed the iterative tracking scheme to give increased robustness with significantly (p<0.0003) less differences in measured lumen diameters between adjacent lines. Thus, this study enforces the suggestion to use the iterative tracking scheme during Lagrangian tracking in high frame rate imaging. (Less)
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Tracking, Imaging, Ultrasonic imaging, Iterative methods, Carotid arteries, Ultrasonic variables measurement, Robustness, High frame rate imaging, Motion estimation, Iterative tracking scheme, Accumulated errors
host publication
2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
series title
IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
volume
2019
pages
4 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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  • scopus:85077620453
ISSN
1948-5727
1948-5719
ISBN
978-1-7281-4597-6
978-1-7281-4596-9
DOI
10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926309
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English
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yes
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134645fe-edd2-44ff-b8e9-7c34e071bcac
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  abstract     = {{High frame rate ultrasound imaging is necessary to enable tracking of rapid dynamic events such as the carotid pulse wave velocity. Several studies have shown that it is feasible to use motion tracking methods that are applied on standard ultrasound frame rates also on very high frame rates. However, few studies have addressed the issue of accumulated tracking errors over vast numbers of frames during Lagrangian tracking. These could stem from e.g. limited signal-to-noise ratio often resulting from the use of plane wave imaging. One recently proposed solution was to combine motion tracking with an iterative tracking scheme. The purpose of this study has been to evaluate if the iterative tracking scheme could be exploited to increase the robustness of a phase-based tracking method in high frame rate plane wave imaging to track the carotid artery wall diameter. The results showed the iterative tracking scheme to give increased robustness with significantly (p&lt;0.0003) less differences in measured lumen diameters between adjacent lines. Thus, this study enforces the suggestion to use the iterative tracking scheme during Lagrangian tracking in high frame rate imaging.}},
  author       = {{Erlöv, Tobias and Larsson, Roger and Boni, Enrico and Ramalli, Alessandro and Rydén Ahlgren, Åsa and Cinthio, Magnus}},
  booktitle    = {{2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-7281-4597-6}},
  issn         = {{1948-5727}},
  keywords     = {{Tracking; Imaging; Ultrasonic imaging; Iterative methods; Carotid arteries; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Robustness; High frame rate imaging; Motion estimation; Iterative tracking scheme; Accumulated errors}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  pages        = {{2158--2161}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)}},
  title        = {{Improved Tracking Performance in High Frame Rate Imaging Using Iterative Phase Tracking}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926309}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926309}},
  volume       = {{2019}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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