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Título: Strain index: A New visualizing parameter for US elastography
Autores/as: De Luis-García, R.
Tristán-Vega, A.
Alberola-López, Carlos
Ruiz-Alzola, Juan 
Sosa Cabrera,Darío 
Clasificación UNESCO: 3314 Tecnología médica
Palabras clave: Ultrasound Elastography
Breast-Lesions
Tissues
Elastography
Elasticity Imaging, et al.
Fecha de publicación: 2008
Publicación seriada: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE 
Conferencia: Medical Imaging 2008: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 
Resumen: Elastography, an ultrasound modality based on the relation between tissue strain and its mechanical properties, has a strong potential in the diagnosis and prognosis of tumors. For instance, tissue affected by breast and prostate cancer undergoes a change in its elastic properties. These changes can be measured using ultrasound signals. The standard way to visualize the elastic properties of tissues in elastography is the representation of the axial strain. Other approaches investigate the information contained in shear strain elastograms, vorticity or the representation of the full strain tensor. In this paper, we propose to represent the elastic behaviour of tissues through the visualization of the Strain Index, related with the trace of the strain tensor. Based on the mathematical interpretation of the strain tensor, this novel parameter is equivalent to the sum of the eigenvalues of the strain tensor, and constitutes a measure of the total amount of strain of the soft tissue. In order to show the potential of this visualization approach, a tissue-mimicking phantom was modeled as a 10×10×5 cm region containing a centered 10mm cylindrical inclusion three times stiffer than the surrounding material, and its elastic behavior was simulated using finite elements software. Synthetic pre- and post-compression (1.25%) B-mode images were computer-generated with ultrasound simulator. Results show that the visualization of the tensor trace significantly improves the representation and detection of inclusions, and can help add insight in the detection of different types of tumors.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/47437
ISBN: 9780819471048
ISSN: 1605-7422
DOI: 10.1117/12.769191
Fuente: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE[ISSN 1605-7422],v. 6920 (69200W)
Colección:Actas de congresos
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