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CNN-Based Image Reconstruction Method for Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging

Perdios, Dimitris  
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Vonlanthen, Manuel  
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Martinez, Florian  
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April 1, 2022
Ieee Transactions On Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics And Frequency Control

Ultrafast ultrasound (US) revolutionized biomedical imaging with its capability of acquiring full-view frames at over 1 kHz, unlocking breakthrough modalities such as shear-wave elastography and functional US neuroimaging. Yet, it suffers from strong diffraction artifacts, mainly caused by grating lobes, sidelobes, or edge waves. Multiple acquisitions are typically required to obtain a sufficient image quality, at the cost of a reduced frame rate. To answer the increasing demand for high-quality imaging from single unfocused acquisitions, we propose a two-step convolutional neural network (CNN)-based image reconstruction method, compatible with real-time imaging. A low-quality estimate is obtained by means of a backprojection-based operation, akin to conventional delay-and-sum beamforming, from which a high-quality image is restored using a residual CNN with multiscale and multichannel filtering properties, trained specifically to remove the diffraction artifacts inherent to ultrafast US imaging. To account for both the high dynamic range and the oscillating properties of radio frequency US images, we introduce the mean signed logarithmic absolute error (MSLAE) as a training loss function. Experiments were conducted with a linear transducer array, in single plane-wave (PW) imaging. Trainings were performed on a simulated dataset, crafted to contain a wide diversity of structures and echogenicities. Extensive numerical evaluations demonstrate that the proposed approach can reconstruct images from single PWs with a quality similar to that of gold-standard synthetic aperture imaging, on a dynamic range in excess of 60 dB. In vitro and in vivo experiments show that trainings carried out on simulated data perform well in experimental settings.

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DOI
10.1109/TUFFC.2021.3131383
Web of Science ID

WOS:000792923300004

Author(s)
Perdios, Dimitris  
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Vonlanthen, Manuel  
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Martinez, Florian  
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Arditi, Marcel  
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Thiran, Jean-Philippe  
Date Issued

2022-04-01

Publisher

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC

Published in
Ieee Transactions On Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics And Frequency Control
Volume

69

Issue

4

Start page

1154

End page

1168

Subjects

Acoustics

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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

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Acoustics

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Engineering

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imaging

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transducers

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image reconstruction

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receivers

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training

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diffraction

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biomedical imaging

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convolutional neural networks (cnns)

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deep learning

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diffraction artifacts

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high dynamic range (hdr)

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image reconstruction

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image restoration

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ultrafast ultrasound (us) imaging

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frame rate ultrasonography

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inverse problems

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neural-networks

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deep

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speckle

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model

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simulations

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statistics

Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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May 23, 2022
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/188049
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