Abstract
Multipulse (MP) ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) imaging is a method to increase the contrast-to-background (CBR) ratio in regions of blood flow. Plane-wave imaging allows high frame rates, and with high-frequency ultrasound, fine-spatial and temporal resolution. MP and plane-wave imaging have not been applied to high-frequency ultrasound. Here, an 18-MHz linear array was employed to implement the MP methods of pulse inversion (PI) and amplitude modulation (AM) using high-speed, multiangle, compound plane-wave imaging. A flow of the UCA DEFINITY© at a dilution ratio of 2000:1 circulating through a 2-mm-diameter flow channel in a tissue-mimicking phantom was used to characterize CBR and compared with cases of standard, multiangle compound plane-wave imaging. The relative improvement of PI and AM versus standard plane-wave imaging ranged from 5 to 10 dB. The CBR was observed to be stable over a 60-min time duration for a 2000:1 dilution ratio and a 2000:1 dilution ratio provided an optimal CBR.
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