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Background:

Ultrasound (US) shear wave (SW) elastography is established for assessing tissue elasticity.
Imaging SW attenuation, which reflects tissue viscosity, is less explored.
Current methods for SW attenuation imaging face challenges with robustness and noise.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and validate a revisited frequency shift (R-FS) method for improved SW attenuation imaging.
To enhance the robustness of viscosity property assessment in tissues.
To compare the performance of R-FS against existing FS, 2P-FS, and AMUSE methods.

Main Methods:

The R-FS method models the gamma distribution shape parameter as distance-dependent.
An adaptive random sample consensus (A-RANSAC) line fitting is employed to mitigate outlier attenuation values.
Validation involved simulated phantoms with varying viscosities and noise, experimental gel phantoms, and in vivo duck liver acquisitions.

Main Results:

R-FS demonstrated significant reductions in the coefficient of variation (CV): 62.6% vs. FS (simulations), 62.5% vs. FS (phantoms), and 62.3% vs. FS (in vivo).
Compared to 2P-FS, R-FS showed CV reductions of 45.4% (simulations), 77.1% (phantoms), and 62.0% (in vivo).
Normalized root-mean-square errors were reduced by 63.9% vs. FS and 48.7% vs. 2P-FS in simulations.

Conclusions:

The proposed R-FS method offers a more robust approach to ultrasound shear wave elastography for tissue viscosity imaging.
R-FS significantly outperforms FS and 2P-FS in reducing variability and errors across diverse experimental conditions.
This advancement holds promise for more accurate non-invasive assessment of tissue viscous properties.