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Determination of a potential quantitative measure of the state of the lung using lung ultrasound spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT: B-lines are ultrasound-imaging artifacts, which correlate with several lung-pathologies. However, their understanding and characterization is still largely incomplete. To further study B-lines, lung-phantoms were developed by trapping a layer of microbubbles in tissue-mimicking gel. To simulate the alveolar size reduction typical of various pathologies, 170 and 80?µm bubbles were used for phantom-type 1 and 2, respectively. A normal alveolar diameter is approximately 280?µm. A LA332 linear-array connected to the ULA-OP platform was used for imaging. Standard ultrasound (US) imaging at 4.5?MHz was performed. Subsequently, a multi-frequency approach was used where images were sequentially generated using orthogonal sub-bands centered at different frequencies (3, 4, 5, and 6?MHz). Results show that B-lines appear predominantly with phantom-type 2. Moreover, the multi-frequency approach revealed that the B-lines originate from a specific portion of the US spectrum. These results can give rise to significant clinical applications since, if further confirmed by extensive in-vivo studies, the native frequency of B-lines could provide a quantitative-measure of the state of the lung.

SUBMITTER: Demi L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5630606 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Determination of a potential quantitative measure of the state of the lung using lung ultrasound spectroscopy.

Demi Libertario L van Hoeve Wim W van Sloun Ruud J G RJG Soldati Gino G Demi Marcello M

Scientific reports 20171006 1

B-lines are ultrasound-imaging artifacts, which correlate with several lung-pathologies. However, their understanding and characterization is still largely incomplete. To further study B-lines, lung-phantoms were developed by trapping a layer of microbubbles in tissue-mimicking gel. To simulate the alveolar size reduction typical of various pathologies, 170 and 80 µm bubbles were used for phantom-type 1 and 2, respectively. A normal alveolar diameter is approximately 280 µm. A LA332 linear-array ...[more]

PMID: 28986558

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Determination of a potential quantitative measure of the state of the lung using lung ultrasound spectroscopy.

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Determination of a potential quantitative measure of the state of the lung using lung ultrasound spectroscopy.

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