Coherence Factor Based Beamformer with Plane Wave Compounding

Ke Yang; Tongtong Zhao; Peter Hoskins; Chunming Xia; George Corner; Zhihong Huang

doi:10.1145/3608164.3608170

Coherence Factor Based Beamformer with Plane Wave Compounding

Ke Yang, Tongtong Zhao, Peter Hoskins, Chunming Xia (Lead / Corresponding author), George Corner, Zhihong Huang

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Abstract

In recent years, plane wave ultrasound has received significant research interest due to its high frame rate capabilities. The image quality of plane wave ultrasound imaging is largely influenced by beamformer performance. Coherent plane wave compounding has been developed as a method to enhance image quality through the coherent summation of data from various transmission angles. Additionally, coherence factor-based beamformers have been developed to improve image contrast. In this study, we investigated the impact of compounding on three types of coherence-based beamformers using ultrasound simulations and phantom experiments. The results demonstrated that coherence factor beamformers, generalized coherence beamformers, and phase coherence beamformers achieve higher image quality in terms of lateral resolution, contrast ratio and generalized contrast to noise ratio as the number of compounding angles increases. These results suggest that plane wave compounding can enhance the image quality of coherence-based beamformers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICBBT '23
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 15th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	40-46
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400700385
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3608164.3608170
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 2023
Event	ICBBT 2023: 15th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology, ICBBT 2023 - Xi'an, China Duration: 26 May 2023 → 28 May 2023 Conference number: 15 http://www.icbbt.org/

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Conference	ICBBT 2023
Abbreviated title	ICBBT
Country/Territory	China
City	Xi'an
Period	26/05/23 → 28/05/23
Internet address	http://www.icbbt.org/

Keywords

coherence factor
plane wave compounding
Ultrasound imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Software

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Yang, K, Zhao, T, Hoskins, P, Xia, C, Corner, G & Huang, Z 2023, Coherence Factor Based Beamformer with Plane Wave Compounding. in ICBBT '23: Proceedings of the 2023 15th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 40-46, ICBBT 2023, Xi'an, China, 26/05/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3608164.3608170

Coherence Factor Based Beamformer with Plane Wave Compounding. / Yang, Ke; Zhao, Tongtong; Hoskins, Peter et al.
ICBBT '23: Proceedings of the 2023 15th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2023. p. 40-46.

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