Distortion matrix approach for ultrasound imaging of random scattering media

DOI10.1073/PNAS.1921533117MaRDI QIDQ5073104zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors William Lambert, Laura A. Cobus, Alexandre Aubry

Publication date 5 May 2022

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.05417

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave scattering in solid mechanics (74J20) Image processing (compression, reconstruction, etc.) in information and communication theory (94A08)

Abstract: Focusing waves inside inhomogeneous media is a fundamental problem for imaging. Spatial variations of wave velocity can strongly distort propagating wavefronts and degrade image quality. Adaptive focusing can compensate for such aberration, but is only effective over a restricted field of view. Here, we introduce a full-field approach to wave imaging based on the concept of the distortion matrix. This operator essentially connects any focal point inside the medium with the distortion that a wavefront, emitted from that point, experiences due to heterogeneities. A time-reversal analysis of the distortion matrix enables the estimation of the transmission matrix that links each sensor and image voxel. Phase aberrations can then be unscrambled for any point, providing a full-field image of the medium with diffraction-limited resolution. Importantly, this process is particularly efficient in random scattering media, where traditional approaches such as adaptive focusing fail. Here, we first present an experimental proof-of-concept on a tissue mimicking phantom, and then apply the method to in vivo imaging of human soft tissues. While introduced here in the context of acoustics, this approach can also be extended to optical microscopy, radar or seismic imaging.

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