Deep-learning-driven full-waveform inversion for ultrasound breast imaging
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Author(s)
Robins, Thomas
Camacho, Jorge
Agudo, Oscar Calderon
Herraiz, Joaquin L
Guasch, Lluis
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Ultrasound breast imaging is a promising alternative to conventional mammography because it does not expose women to harmful ionising radiation and it can successfully image dense breast tissue. However, conventional ultrasound imaging only provides morphological information with limited diagnostic value. Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) uses energy in both transmission and reflection when imaging the breast to provide more diagnostically relevant quantitative tissue properties, but it is often based on time-of-flight tomography or similar ray approximations of the wave equation, resulting in reconstructed images with low resolution. Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is based on a more accurate approximation of wave-propagation phenomena and can consequently produce very high resolution images using frequencies below 1 megahertz. These low frequencies, however, are not available in most USCT acquisition systems, as they use transducers with central frequencies well above those required in FWI. To circumvent this problem, we designed, trained, and implemented a two-dimensional convolutional neural network to artificially generate missing low frequencies in USCT data. Our results show that FWI reconstructions using experiment data after the application of the proposed method successfully converged, showing good agreement with X-ray CT and reflection ultrasound-tomography images.
Date Issued
2021-07-01
Date Acceptance
2021-06-25
Citation
Sensors, 2021, 21 (13), pp.1-16
ISSN
1424-8220
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1
End Page
16
Journal / Book Title
Sensors
Volume
21
Issue
13
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Analytical
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Instruments & Instrumentation
Chemistry
Engineering
full-waveform inversion
breast imaging
ultrasound tomography
deep learning
TOMOGRAPHY
MAMMOGRAPHY
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 4570
Date Publish Online
2021-07-03