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    • Ultrasound Technology
    • Computational Imaging

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    • Ultrafast ultrasound imaging enables observation of rapid physiological phenomena.
    • 3-D imaging combined with ultrafast ultrasound offers potential for more accurate organ analysis and improved diagnosis.
    • Coherent compounding with diverging waves is a key technique for high-quality, high-frame-rate 3-D ultrasound imaging.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore alternative virtual source (VS) distributions beyond deterministic patterns (grids, rings, spirals).
    • To optimize VS distributions for improved lateral resolution and reduced secondary lobe levels (SLL) using a multiobjective genetic algorithm.
    • To identify novel VS distributions that enhance imaging performance in ultrafast ultrasound.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a multiobjective genetic algorithm to search for optimal virtual source (VS) distributions.
    • Investigated the impact of different VS distributions on point spread functions (PSFs), focusing on lateral resolution and SLL.
    • Simulated imaging performance using a phantom to evaluate contrast and resolution of newly proposed VS distributions.

    Main Results:

    • Discovered seven novel pseudo-irregular VS distributions not previously reported in the literature.
    • Demonstrated that these new distributions offer distinct tradeoffs between lateral resolution and contrast.
    • One optimized distribution showed a 16% improvement in lateral resolution with comparable contrast and PSF isotropy to a standard concentric-rings distribution.

    Conclusions:

    • Novel pseudo-irregular virtual source distributions can significantly enhance ultrafast ultrasound imaging performance.
    • The developed optimization framework successfully identified distributions offering improved lateral resolution and contrast tradeoffs.
    • These findings suggest a new avenue for optimizing 3-D ultrasound acquisition for superior diagnostic capabilities.