Measurement of the Skin-Liver Capsule Distance on Ultrasound RF Data for 1D Transient Elastography
Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE.) technique is routinely used in clinical practice to assess non-invasively the liver stiffness which is correlated to hepatic fibrosis. Adequate use of the VCTE. probe requires the knowledge of the distance between the skin and the liver parenchyma. This paper compares two methods to estimate this distance using spatial variations of the spectral content of ultrasound radiofrequency (RF) lines, obtained from a probe consisting of a single element ultrasound transducer placed in front of the liver right lobe. Results on a database of 188 patients, including normal-weight and obese persons, show that the spectral variance can accurately discriminate the subcutaneous fat from the liver tissue. The proposed algorithm works in real-time and is suitable for VCTE. scanning protocol setup.
ultrasound RF lines liver spectral analysis elastography
Stéphane Audière Maurice Charbit Elsa D.Angelini Jennifer Oudry Laurent Sandrin
Institut Telecom, Telecom ParisTech, CNRS LTCI, Paris, France Echosens, Research and Development Dep Institut Telecom, Telecom ParisTech, CNRS LTCI, Paris, France Echosens, Research and Development Department, Paris, France
国际会议
北京
英文
34-41
2010-09-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）