Nonlinearity parameter B/A of biological tissue ultrasound imaging in echo mode

M. Toulemonde (1) , F. Varray (1) , A. Bernard (2) , Olivier Basset (1) , C. Cachard (1)

1 Imagerie Ultrasonore
2 PILoT - Plateforme d'Imagerie Multimodale LyonTech

The nonlinearity B/A parameter influences the distortion of ultrasound waves during their propagation in tissue. Normal and pathological media have different B/A values and this parameter may be used to characterize them. In this paper the multitaper coherent plane wave compounding (MCPWC) is combined with the extended comparative method (ECM) to estimate the B/A parameter in simulation and acquisition. Using plane wave transmission and orthogonal apodization during beam forming improves the B/A estimation and delineation.

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Acoustique [physics.class-ph]

M. Toulemonde, F. Varray, A. Bernard, Olivier Basset, C. Cachard. Nonlinearity parameter B/A of biological tissue ultrasound imaging in echo mode. International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, Jun 2015, Lyon, France. pp.040016, ⟨10.1063/1.4934411⟩. ⟨hal-01280820⟩