Experimental system for perfusion imaging and time-intensity processing based on ultrasound contrast agent

Objective: To present a self-developed experimental system for basic studies of blood perfusion imaging and time-intensity evaluating based on ultrasound contrast agent. Methods: The experimental system performed the image reconstruction and time-intensity processing with radio frequency signals. The system was comprised of ultra-high speed hardware data acquisition interface and low computational cost algorithms. The self-made contrast agent,blood mimic phantom and capillary phantom model were used to validate the experimental system. Results: The images acquired in blood phantoms with linear-array and curve-array transducers were given. The time-intensity curves corresponding to selected region of interested from image sequence were demonstrated. It was also shown the time-intensity based decay curves and a comparison of decay of ultrasound contrast agent under different ultrasound powers. Conclusion: Several experiments resulted from two in vitro phantom models show that the experimental system can be used to basic studies of blood perfusion and further clinical studies of microvasculature perfusion.

Objective： To present a self-developed experimental system for basic studies of blood perfusion imaging and time-intensity evaluating based on ultrasound contrast agent. Methods ： The experimental system performed the image reconstruction and time-intensity processing with radio frequency signals. The system was comprised of ultra-high speed hardware data acquisition interface and low computational cost algorithms. The self-made contrast agent ,blood mimic phantom and capillary phantom model were used to validate the experimental system. Results： The images acquired in blood phantoms with linear-array and curve-array transducers were given. The time-intensity curves corresponding to selected region of interestsequence were demonstrated. It was also shown the time-intensity based decay curves and a decay of ultrasound contrast agent under different ultrasound powers. Conclusion： Several suited from two in vitro phantom models show that the experimental system can be used to f blood perfusion and further clinical studies of microvasculature perfusion.