Motion analysis of artery pulsation in neonatal cranial ultrasonogram

Masayuki Fukuzawa; Hiroki Kubo; Yoshiki Kitsunezuka; Masayoshi Yamada

doi:10.1117/12.348519

21 May 1999 Motion analysis of artery pulsation in neonatal cranial ultrasonogram

Masayuki Fukuzawa, Hiroki Kubo, Yoshiki Kitsunezuka, Masayoshi Yamada

Proceedings Volume 3661, Medical Imaging 1999: Image Processing; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348519
Event: Medical Imaging '99, 1999, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Using an optical-flow technique, we have quantitatively analyzed tissue motion due to artery pulsation accompanied with blood flow in a neonatal cranial ultrasonogram. The tissue motion vector was successfully calculated at each pixel in a series of echo images (32 frames, 640 X 480 pixels/frame, 8 bits/pixel, 33 ms/frame) taken in the brightness mode by using an ultrasound probe of 5.0 MHz. The optical-flow technique used was a gradient method combined with local optimization for 3 X 3 neighbors. From 2D mappings of tissue motion vectors and their time-sequence variations, it was found that the tissue motion due to artery pulsation revealed periodic to-and-fro motion synchronized with heartbeat (300 - 500 ms), clearly distinguishing from unwanted non-periodic motion due to the sway of neonatal head during diagnosis.

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Masayuki Fukuzawa, Hiroki Kubo, Yoshiki Kitsunezuka, and Masayoshi Yamada "Motion analysis of artery pulsation in neonatal cranial ultrasonogram", Proc. SPIE 3661, Medical Imaging 1999: Image Processing, (21 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348519

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