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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Diagnostic Ultrasound

Background:

  • Handheld ultrasound imaging is crucial but limited by partial field of view, operator dependency, and distortion.
  • Existing modalities often lack transmission contrast and comprehensive cross-sectional imaging capabilities.
  • There is a need for advanced imaging techniques to address unmet clinical needs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and demonstrate a whole-body ultrasound tomography system for human imaging.
  • To enable both reflection and transmission mode imaging across the entire body cross-section.
  • To showcase potential clinical applications, including adipose tissue assessment and biopsy guidance.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a custom 512-element circular ultrasound receiver array.
  • Employed a rotating ultrasonic transmitter to generate 2D isotropically resolved images in vivo.
  • Demonstrated imaging in abdominal and leg regions of healthy volunteers.

Main Results:

  • Successfully generated whole-body ultrasound tomographic images in reflection and transmission modes.
  • Visualized subcutaneous and preperitoneal abdominal adipose distributions for thickness assessment.
  • Achieved rapid (7 frames-per-second) biopsy needle localization relative to internal tissue structures.

Conclusions:

  • Whole-body ultrasound tomography offers a non-ionizing, non-deforming method for comprehensive body imaging.
  • The system demonstrates potential for accurate adipose distribution assessment.
  • This technology presents a practical tool for clinical applications currently unmet by other imaging modalities.