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    Area of Science:

    • Ultrasound Elastography
    • Biomedical Imaging
    • Acoustics

    Background:

    • Accurate shear wave arrival time estimation is crucial for quantitative shear wave elastography (SWE).
    • Current methods rely on tracking tissue motion using ultrasound echo cross-correlation, which can be influenced by scatterer variations.
    • The local speckle pattern in ultrasound images is known to affect echo properties.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the correlation between errors in shear wave arrival time estimates and the lateral position of the local speckle pattern.
    • To identify and quantify the phenomenon termed "speckle bias" in SWE.
    • To explore methods for mitigating arrival time errors caused by speckle patterns.

    Main Methods:

    • Conducted simulation and phantom studies using fully developed speckle targets.
    • Employed swept-receive imaging to estimate the local speckle pattern.
    • Utilized cross-correlation of RF ultrasound echoes to track tissue motion and estimate shear wave arrival times.
    • Analyzed the correlation between speckle position metrics and arrival time errors, including the effect of lateral weighting.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated a strong correlation (r > 0.7) between speckle pattern lateral position and shear wave arrival time errors in both simulations and phantoms.
    • Showed that high RF echo correlation does not guarantee accurate arrival time estimates, as the tracked location can be uncertain.
    • Identified that the receive aperture size significantly influences arrival time error and its correlation with the speckle pattern.
    • Found that speckle bias is relatively stable with shear wave amplitude variations but highly dependent on speckle pattern realization and axial position.

    Conclusions:

    • The local speckle pattern's lateral position is a primary source of error in shear wave arrival time estimation, termed "speckle bias".
    • Swept-receive imaging and lateral weighting can help characterize and potentially mitigate speckle bias.
    • Accurate SWE requires accounting for the influence of the underlying speckle pattern on motion tracking, beyond just echo correlation precision.