Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression

Quantitative ultrasound has been widely used for tissue characterization. In this paper we propose a new approach for tissue compression assessment. The proposed method employs the relation between the tissue scatterers’ local spatial distribution and the resulting frequency power spectrum of the ba...

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Main Authors: Michal BYRA, Janusz WÓJCIK, Andrzej NOWICKI
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Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2018-07-01
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Online Access:https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/2273
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description Quantitative ultrasound has been widely used for tissue characterization. In this paper we propose a new approach for tissue compression assessment. The proposed method employs the relation between the tissue scatterers’ local spatial distribution and the resulting frequency power spectrum of the backscattered ultrasonic signal. We show that due to spatial distribution of the scatterers, the power spectrum exhibits characteristic variations. These variations can be extracted using the empirical mode decomposition and analyzed. Validation of our approach is performed by simulations and in-vitro experiments using a tissue sample under compression. The scatterers in the compressed tissue sample approach each other and consequently, the power spectrum of the backscattered signal is modified. We present how to assess this phenomenon with our method. The proposed in this paper approach is general and may provide useful information on tissue scattering properties.
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spelling doaj-art-6b5edaaea52b4bb78ddfa53f2ff71db72025-08-20T02:52:30ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2018-07-0143310.24425/123916Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue CompressionMichal BYRA0Janusz WÓJCIK1Andrzej NOWICKI2Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesQuantitative ultrasound has been widely used for tissue characterization. In this paper we propose a new approach for tissue compression assessment. The proposed method employs the relation between the tissue scatterers’ local spatial distribution and the resulting frequency power spectrum of the backscattered ultrasonic signal. We show that due to spatial distribution of the scatterers, the power spectrum exhibits characteristic variations. These variations can be extracted using the empirical mode decomposition and analyzed. Validation of our approach is performed by simulations and in-vitro experiments using a tissue sample under compression. The scatterers in the compressed tissue sample approach each other and consequently, the power spectrum of the backscattered signal is modified. We present how to assess this phenomenon with our method. The proposed in this paper approach is general and may provide useful information on tissue scattering properties.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/2273tissue characterizationtissue compressionquantitative ultrasoundempirical mode decompositionsignal analysis
spellingShingle Michal BYRA
Janusz WÓJCIK
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Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression
Archives of Acoustics
tissue characterization
tissue compression
quantitative ultrasound
empirical mode decomposition
signal analysis
title Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression
title_full Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression
title_fullStr Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression
title_full_unstemmed Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression
title_short Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression
title_sort using empirical mode decomposition of backscattered ultrasound signal power spectrum for assessment of tissue compression
topic tissue characterization
tissue compression
quantitative ultrasound
empirical mode decomposition
signal analysis
url https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/2273
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