The Impact of the Transmission Pulse Shape in Ultrasound Harmonic Imaging

Meiyi Zhou; Peiran Chen; Massimo Mischi; Eugenio Cantatore; Pieter Harpe

doi:10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593335

The Impact of the Transmission Pulse Shape in Ultrasound Harmonic Imaging

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Suppressing harmonic components in the transmission (TX) pulses is beneficial in ultrasound harmonic imaging (UHI). Compared to bipolar square waves, sinewave pulses can produce less leakage at harmonic frequencies. However, generating a good sinewave or other arbitrary pulse shapes increases the complexity of the TX electronics. As a consequence, 2-level or multi-level square wave pulses are adopted by many ultrasound systems to drive the transducer. This work quantitatively studies the impact of different TX pulse shapes in UHI based on simulations using the k-Wave toolbox. The image quality is evaluated by two metrics: contrast-to-noise ratio and structural similarity based on cyst phantoms. It shows that 8-level square wave pulses achieve comparable image quality compared to sinewave excitations. This study can be a guideline to trade off the design complexity of TX electronics and image quality for UHI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-0355-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593335
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2021
Event	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2021 - Virtual, Online, Xi'an, China Duration: 11 Sept 2011 → 16 Sept 2011

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Conference	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2021
Abbreviated title	IUS 2021
Country/Territory	China
City	Xi'an
Period	11/09/11 → 16/09/11

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This work is part of the research programme LOCATE with project number 15282, which is financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

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This work is part of the research programme LOCATE with project number 15282, which is financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

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Zhou, M, Chen, P , Mischi, M , Cantatore, E & Harpe, P 2021, The Impact of the Transmission Pulse Shape in Ultrasound Harmonic Imaging. in 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)., 9593335, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2021, Xi'an, China, 11/09/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593335

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