First imaging results with the new generation of the KIT 3D ultrasound tomography device

T. Hopp; M. Zapf; L. Fernandez-Lago; F. Feldbusch; H. Gemmeke; N. V. Ruiter

doi:10.1117/12.2653349

10 April 2023 First imaging results with the new generation of the KIT 3D ultrasound tomography device

T. Hopp, M. Zapf, L. Fernandez-Lago, F. Feldbusch, H. Gemmeke, N. V. Ruiter

Proceedings Volume 12470, Medical Imaging 2023: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography; 1247003 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2653349
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Ultrasound Tomography (USCT) is an emerging technology for early breast cancer detection. At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology we recently realized a new generation of full 3D USCT device with a pseudo-randomly sampled hemispherical aperture. In this paper we summarize first imaging results with phantoms and first volunteer images. Using a gelatin phantom with PVC inclusions we evaluated transmission imaging, which showed a deviation from the ground truth of less than 5 m/s in the sound speed and 0:2 dB/cm in the attenuation for the phantom body and less than 15 m/s and 0:2 dB/cm for an inclusion with a diameter of 2:2 cm. Geometric errors are in average in the range of 0:2 cm. For reflectivity imaging we showed that the point spread function is nearly isotropic and with an average of 0:26 mm close to the theoretical predictions for the current system. While the system is still in final commissioning, the results of the phantom and volunteer imaging are very promising: after further calibration and deeper analysis with phantoms we aim at starting a clinical study.

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T. Hopp, M. Zapf, L. Fernandez-Lago, F. Feldbusch, H. Gemmeke, and N. V. Ruiter "First imaging results with the new generation of the KIT 3D ultrasound tomography device", Proc. SPIE 12470, Medical Imaging 2023: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography, 1247003 (10 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2653349

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