H-scan ultrasound imaging for the classification of thyroid tumors

Mawia Khairalseed, Rosa Laimes, Joseph Pinto, Jorge Guerrero, Himelda Chavez, Claudia Salazar, Gary R. Ge, Roberto J. Lavarello, Kenneth Hoyt

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H-scan ultrasound (US) imaging is a high-resolution soft tissue characterization technique. It is a matched filter approach derived from analysis of scattering from incident pulses in the general form of nth-order Gaussian-weighted Hermite polynomial functions (GHn). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of H-scan US imaging to distinguish scatterer distributions of biopsy-confirmed human benign and malignant thyroid lesions (N = 16 per group). Image data was acquired using a Sonix Touch US system (Analogic Ultrasound) equipped with an L14-5 linear array transducer. To generate H-scan US images, three convolution filters (i.e., GHn, n = 2,4, and 8) were applied in parallel to the radiofrequency (RF) data sequences to measure the relative strength of the backscattered US signals. To examine any spatial differences in H-scan US image intensity, textural features like contrast, energy, homogeneity, etc., were extracted from same-sized region-of-interests (ROIs) confined to each individual tumor. Experimental results verified the utility of H-scan US imaging of human thyroid tumors. Results from texture analysis of the H-scan US images indicated that there were statistically significant differences between benign and malignant tumor types for select features (p < 0.03).

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaIUS 2022 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium
EditorialIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (versión digital)9781665466578
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2022
Evento2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2022 - Venice, Italia
Duración: 10 oct. 202213 oct. 2022

Serie de la publicación

NombreIEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
Volumen2022-October
ISSN (versión impresa)1948-5719
ISSN (versión digital)1948-5727

Conferencia

Conferencia2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2022
País/TerritorioItalia
CiudadVenice
Período10/10/2213/10/22

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