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Implementation of Strain Imaging Modality in Medical Ultrasonic Imaging System

초음파 의료 영상 시스템에서 탄성 영상의 구현

  • Yoon Ra-Young (Research Center, Medison Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Kwon Sung-Jae (Depts. of Comm. and Elec. Eng., Daejin University) ;
  • Bae Moo-Ho (Div. of Info. Eng. & Telecommunications, Hallym University) ;
  • Jeong Mok-Kun (Depts. of Comm. and Elec. Eng., Daejin University)
  • 윤라영 ((주)메디슨 연구소) ;
  • 권성재 (대진대학교 통신공학과, 전자공학과) ;
  • 배무호 (한림대학교 정보통신공학과) ;
  • 정목근 (대진대학교 통신공학과, 전자공학과)
  • Published : 2005.05.01
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Abstract

This paper proposes a method of measuring and visualizing the elasticity distribution of the human soft tissue to detect tumors or cancers which have been difficult to diagnose in conventional medical ultrasonic B-mode images. To measure the stiffness of soft tissue, first, pressure is applied to deform the tissue being imaged, and then the amount of mechanical displacement is determined from correlation coefficients obtained from ultrasonic data downconverted into the baseband. We confirmed the feasibility of imaging tissue stiffness by computer simulation and experiment.

본 논문에서는 초음파 의료 영상 시스템의 B-모드 영상에서 잘 관찰되지 않는 암이나 종양을 진단하기 위하여 인체 연조직의 탄성계수를 측정하여 영상화 하는 방법을 제안하였다. 연조직의 단단함을 측정하기 위하여 조직에 변위를 주기 위한 압력을 인가하고 연조직의 기계적인 변형의 크기를 기저대역으로 복조한 초음파 데이터로부터 상관계수를 계산하여 구하였다. 제안한 방법으로 조직의 탄성을 영상화할 수 있음을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통하여 확인하였다.

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