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  • Title: 3D prostate elastography: algorithm, simulations and experiments.
    Author: Patil AV, Garson CD, Hossack JA.
    Journal: Phys Med Biol; 2007 Jun 21; 52(12):3643-63. PubMed ID: 17664564.
    Abstract:
    A multi-resolution hybrid strain estimator is presented. The estimator is locally initialized by the B-mode tracking stage. Nonlinear and linear stretching regimes are applied in successive RF tracking stages for refining the estimated axial and lateral displacements. A staggering operator is used to derive the strain images from the reconstructed axial displacements. Simulations and experiments, conducted at a center frequency of 12 MHz, 40% fractional bandwidth, on a 128 element transducer with 0.2 mm pitch, with elastographic window length of 2 mm and overlap of 90%, demonstrate a 3-6 dB improvement in the elastographic contrast-to-noise ratio over the results obtained using conventional multi-stage stretching based strain estimators. The average image cross-correlation coefficient obtained using the proposed algorithm was improved by 6-8%. 3D elastographic simulations conducted to study the performance of a 3D elastographic imaging framework predict achievable axial and lateral resolutions of approximately five and ten wavelengths, respectively. A close correspondence between inclusions reconstructed from experimental elastograms and the known physical shape of actual 3D inclusions demonstrates the potential application of 3D elastography for identifying and classifying the detected lesions (invisible in sonograms) on the basis of their shape.
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