Whole-Body Human Ultrasound Tomography
Abstract
We developed a system for whole-body human ultrasound tomography in reflection and transmission modes. A custom 512-element ultrasound receiver array with a rotating single-element ultrasound transmitter are used to generate 2D isotropically resolved images across the entire human cross-section. We demonstrate this technique in regions such as the abdomen and legs in healthy volunteers. Compared to handheld-probe-based ultrasonography, this approach provides a substantially larger field of view, depends less on operator training, and obtains quantitative tissue parameter profiles in addition to reflectivity images. Whole-body ultrasound tomography could be valuable in applications such as organ disease screening, image-guided needle biopsy, and treatment monitoring.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2023
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2307.00110
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2307.00110
- Bibcode:
- 2023arXiv230700110G
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Medical Physics
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 4 figures