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OPTIMIZATION OF CHIRP EXCITATION: APPLICATION TO CONTRAST ULTRASOUND IMAGING
Abstract : Contrast Ultrasound Imaging (CUSI) is an imaging modality involving the injection of Ultrasound
Contrast Agent (UCA) i.e. gas-filled microbubbles into the biological media; It is one of the major
innovations of the last ten years due to the successive improvement and safety of its contrast agents. CUSI
requires instrumentation in which all the technical aspects (from excitation to measurement) are frequently
improved such as the use of coded-excitations (Chirp Excitations) for solving the tradeoff between
resolution and penetration that form the primary criterion for image quality along with the contrast. In order
to follow this improvement of instrumentation, Chirp processing must also be fully optimized for extracting
information related to improving the contrast. In the present study, we propose two algorithms, Second
harmonic algorithm (SHA) and Pulse Inversion algorithm (PIA) to empirically optimize the frequency
parameters of chirps as well as investigate their use for enhancing the contrast in a medium of contrast
agent.
Simulations reveal particular values for which the frequency modulation indices of Chirp
Excitations, its energy and indirectly the contrast are optimum. These methods can extract suitable
variables related to the properties of non-symmetries and/or symmetries of the UCA. Furthermore, these
changes of variables can be optimized by determining a priori conditions on the excitation signals such as
the choice of its central frequency. We also depict that during the nonlinear response of microbubbles the
Chirp’s modulation indices are no longer symmetrical and evidence using SHA the strong impact of the
resonant frequency on the energy outcomes of Chirps and thus on the contrast. We finally note that,
parabolic chirp insonation using PIA is the optimal choice for contrast enhancement and we select optimal
frequency parameters manually.
https://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-02008520
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