Archives of Acoustics, 35, 4, pp. 643–651, 2010

Tissue Attenuation Estimation from Backscattered Ultrasound Using Spatial Compounding Technique - Preliminary Results

Ziemowit KLIMONDA
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences

Jerzy LITNIEWSKI
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences

Andrzej NOWICKI
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences

The pathological states of biological tissue are often resulted in attenuation changes. Thus, information about attenuating properties of tissue is valuable for the physician and could be useful in ultrasonic diagnosis. We are currently developing a technique for parametric imaging of attenuation and we intend to apply it for in vivo characterization of tissue. The attenuation estimation method based on the echoes mean frequency changes due to tissue attenuation dispersion, is presented. The Doppler IQ technique was adopted to estimate the mean frequency directly from the raw RF data. The Singular Spectrum Analysis technique was used for the extraction of mean frequency trends. These trends were converted into attenuation distribution and finally the parametric images were computed. In order to reduce variation of attenuation estimates the spatial compounding method was applied. Operation and accuracy of attenuation extracting procedure was verified by calculating the attenuation coefficient distribution using the data from the tissue phantom (DFS, Denmark) with uniform echogenicity while attenuation coefficient underwent variation.
Keywords: ultrasound attenuation estimation; spatial compounding; parametric imaging
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