Abstract

Methods to assess ultrasound backscatter anisotropy from clinical array transducers have recently been developed. However, they do not provide information about the anisotropy of microstructural features of the specimens. This work develops a simple geometric model, referred to as the secant model, of backscatter coefficient anisotropy. Specifically, we evaluate anisotropy of the frequency dependence of the backscatter coefficient parameterized in terms of effective scatterer size. We assess the model in phantoms with known scattering sources and in a skeletal muscle, a well-known anisotropic tissue. We demonstrate that the secant model can determine the orientation of the anisotropic scatterers, as well as accurately determining effective scatterer sizes, and it may classify isotropic versus anisotropic scatterers. The secant model may find utility in monitoring disease progression as well as characterizing normal tissue architectures.

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