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Mapping the average speed of sound in synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging
1Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada dena.monjazebi@ryerson.ca, yxu@ryerson.ca.
Abstract:
A method to map the average speed of sound in a heterogeneous medium was proposed. First, an equation was derived relating the phase aberration to the average speed of sound. Then, this equation was applied to study the average speed in a uniform phantom in simulations. An initial delay on the order of microseconds was found to affect the speed-map close to the surface. Next, a method was proposed to estimate this initial delay. Average speed and initial delay methods were validated in experimental studies in a uniform and two-layered phantoms. This proposed method has improved the image contrast and spatial resolution.
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