Towards real-time magnetomotive ultrasound imaging
(2017) 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017- Abstract
Enabling detection of nanoparticles with ultrasound can open new application avenues for the ultrasound technique. Magnetomotive ultrasound (MMUS) is a technique under development which indirectly visualizes magnetic nanoparticles. In MMUS, an external time-varying magnetic field acts to displace the nanoparticles, and thus their closest surrounding. This induced displacement is subsequently detected and the nanoparticle location may then be revealed. The MMUS technique has shown to be promising in both phantom and animal studies but limited efforts have been made on optimizing the technique for clinical applications in the sense of providing real-time bedside imaging. In this work, the previously proposed MMUS algorithm is automated... (More)
Enabling detection of nanoparticles with ultrasound can open new application avenues for the ultrasound technique. Magnetomotive ultrasound (MMUS) is a technique under development which indirectly visualizes magnetic nanoparticles. In MMUS, an external time-varying magnetic field acts to displace the nanoparticles, and thus their closest surrounding. This induced displacement is subsequently detected and the nanoparticle location may then be revealed. The MMUS technique has shown to be promising in both phantom and animal studies but limited efforts have been made on optimizing the technique for clinical applications in the sense of providing real-time bedside imaging. In this work, the previously proposed MMUS algorithm is automated and implemented online on the ULA-OP scanner. To evaluate the online implementation, a phantom made of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene and mineral oil with a 2 % magnetic ferrite particle inclusion was used. MMUS displacement was calculated in the entire image area, 192×230 pixels, and in a sub-region of 130×90 pixels, covering the inclusion. It was found that the automated online implementation computes one full MMUS image in 2.8 seconds and the sub-region in 1.17 seconds, which should be compared to 1-2 minutes in post processing mode. An immediate on-screen change in the magnetomotive displacement could be observed as the applied magnetic field was altered.
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- author
- Evertsson, Maria LU ; Ramalli, Alessandro ; Pavan, Theo Z. ; Cabrelli, Luciana C. ; Andersson, Roger LU ; Cinthio, Magnus LU ; Tortoli, Piero and Jansson, Tomas LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-10-31
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Contrast agents, Magnetomotive ultrasound imaging, ULA-OP
- host publication
- 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017
- article number
- 8092548
- publisher
- IEEE Computer Society
- conference name
- 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017
- conference location
- Washington, United States
- conference dates
- 2017-09-06 - 2017-09-09
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85039436735
- ISBN
- 9781538633830
- DOI
- 10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092548
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- cea9fd61-b347-481a-b714-9ee63f6d5d03
- date added to LUP
- 2018-01-08 12:44:53
- date last changed
- 2022-04-25 04:56:16
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abstract = {{<p>Enabling detection of nanoparticles with ultrasound can open new application avenues for the ultrasound technique. Magnetomotive ultrasound (MMUS) is a technique under development which indirectly visualizes magnetic nanoparticles. In MMUS, an external time-varying magnetic field acts to displace the nanoparticles, and thus their closest surrounding. This induced displacement is subsequently detected and the nanoparticle location may then be revealed. The MMUS technique has shown to be promising in both phantom and animal studies but limited efforts have been made on optimizing the technique for clinical applications in the sense of providing real-time bedside imaging. In this work, the previously proposed MMUS algorithm is automated and implemented online on the ULA-OP scanner. To evaluate the online implementation, a phantom made of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene and mineral oil with a 2 % magnetic ferrite particle inclusion was used. MMUS displacement was calculated in the entire image area, 192×230 pixels, and in a sub-region of 130×90 pixels, covering the inclusion. It was found that the automated online implementation computes one full MMUS image in 2.8 seconds and the sub-region in 1.17 seconds, which should be compared to 1-2 minutes in post processing mode. An immediate on-screen change in the magnetomotive displacement could be observed as the applied magnetic field was altered.</p>}},
author = {{Evertsson, Maria and Ramalli, Alessandro and Pavan, Theo Z. and Cabrelli, Luciana C. and Andersson, Roger and Cinthio, Magnus and Tortoli, Piero and Jansson, Tomas}},
booktitle = {{2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017}},
isbn = {{9781538633830}},
keywords = {{Contrast agents; Magnetomotive ultrasound imaging; ULA-OP}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{10}},
publisher = {{IEEE Computer Society}},
title = {{Towards real-time magnetomotive ultrasound imaging}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092548}},
doi = {{10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092548}},
year = {{2017}},
}