Ultrasound Attenuation Estimation in Harmonic Imaging for Robust Fatty Liver Detection

Accurate detection of liver steatosis is important for liver disease management. Ultrasound attenuation coefficient estimation (ACE) has great potential in quantifying liver fat content. The commonly used ACE methods (e.g., spectral shift methods, reference phantom methods) assume linear tissue response to ultrasound and were developed in fundamental imaging. However, fundamental imaging may be vulnerable to reverberation clutters introduced by the body wall. The clutters superimposed on liver echoes may bias the attenuation estimation.

Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - August 5, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Ping Gong, Chenyun Zhou, Pengfei Song, Chengwu Huang, U-Wai Lok, Shanshan Tang, Kymberly Watt, Matthew Callstrom, Shigao Chen Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research