Intravascular ultrasound chirp imaging

David Maresca, Krista Jansen, G Renaud, Gijs van Soest, X Li, Q Zhou, Nico Jong, KK Shung, Ton van der Steen

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Abstract

We demonstrate the feasibility of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) chirp imaging as well as chirp reversal ultrasound contrast imaging at intravascular ultrasound frequency. Chirp excitations were emitted with a 34MHz single crystal intravascular transducer and compared to conventional Gaussian-shaped pulses of equal acoustic pressure. The signal to noise ratio of the chirp images was increased by up to 9 dB relative to the conventional images. Imaging of contrast microbubbles was implemented by chirp reversal, achieving a contrast to tissue ratio of 12 dB. The method shows potential for intravascular imaging of structures in and beyond coronary atherosclerotic plaques including vasa vasorum. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3679375]
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JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume100
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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