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    • Deep abdominal ultrasound imaging is limited by poor lateral resolution due to diffraction.
    • Larger transducer apertures can enhance resolution, but are often hindered by phase distortion and clutter.
    • Previous research explored these limitations using simulations and mechanical array sweeping.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the impact of varying aperture sizes on ultrasound image quality for deep abdominal imaging.
    • To evaluate the trade-offs between resolution enhancement and contrast degradation with larger apertures.
    • To assess the benefits of tissue-harmonic imaging in conjunction with larger apertures.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized an 8.8-cm linear array transducer to acquire data in fundamental and harmonic modes.
    • Synthesized nine aperture sizes (2.9-8.8 cm) retrospectively from full-synthetic aperture data.
    • Imaged wire targets, phantoms through ex vivo porcine tissue, and livers of 13 healthy subjects.

    Main Results:

    • Point resolution improved significantly with larger apertures, from 2.12 mm to 0.74 mm at 10.5 cm depth.
    • Contrast resolution often degraded with increasing aperture size, showing an average degradation of 5.5 dB in subjects at 9-11 cm depth.
    • Larger apertures enabled visualization of previously undetected vascular targets and demonstrated a 3.7-dB contrast improvement with tissue-harmonic imaging.

    Conclusions:

    • While larger apertures improve resolution in deep abdominal ultrasound, careful consideration of contrast degradation is necessary.
    • Larger apertures, especially with tissue-harmonic imaging, can reveal subtle vascular structures missed by conventional methods.
    • The benefits of tissue-harmonic imaging are maintained and potentially enhanced with larger aperture sizes in abdominal ultrasound.