Investigating the Use of Traveltime and Reflection Tomography for Deep Learning-Based Sound-Speed Estimation in Ultrasound Computed Tomography

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Main Authors: Jeong, Gangwon, Li, Fu, Mitcham, Trevor M., Villa, Umberto, Duric, Nebojsa, Anastasio, Mark A.
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author Jeong, Gangwon
Li, Fu
Mitcham, Trevor M.
Villa, Umberto
Duric, Nebojsa
Anastasio, Mark A.
author_facet Jeong, Gangwon
Li, Fu
Mitcham, Trevor M.
Villa, Umberto
Duric, Nebojsa
Anastasio, Mark A.
contents Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) quantifies acoustic tissue properties such as the speed-of-sound (SOS). Although full-waveform inversion (FWI) is an effective method for accurate SOS reconstruction, it can be computationally challenging for large-scale problems. Deep learning-based image-to-image learned reconstruction (IILR) methods can offer computationally efficient alternatives. This study investigates the impact of the chosen input modalities on IILR methods for high-resolution SOS reconstruction in USCT. The selected modalities are traveltime tomography (TT) and reflection tomography (RT), which produce a low-resolution SOS map and a reflectivity map, respectively. These modalities have been chosen for their lower computational cost relative to FWI and their capacity to provide complementary information: TT offers a direct SOS measure, while RT reveals tissue boundary information. Systematic analyses were facilitated by employing a virtual USCT imaging system with anatomically realistic numerical breast phantoms. Within this testbed, a supervised convolutional neural network (CNN) was trained to map dual-channel (TT and RT images) to a high-resolution SOS map. Single-input CNNs were trained separately using inputs from each modality alone (TT or RT) for comparison. The accuracy of the methods was systematically assessed using normalized root mean squared error (NRMSE), structural similarity index measure (SSIM), and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR). For tumor detection performance, receiver operating characteristic analysis was employed. The dual-channel IILR method was also tested on clinical human breast data. Ensemble average of the NRMSE, SSIM, and PSNR evaluated on this clinical dataset were 0.2355, 0.8845, and 28.33 dB, respectively.
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spellingShingle Investigating the Use of Traveltime and Reflection Tomography for Deep Learning-Based Sound-Speed Estimation in Ultrasound Computed Tomography
Jeong, Gangwon
Li, Fu
Mitcham, Trevor M.
Villa, Umberto
Duric, Nebojsa
Anastasio, Mark A.
Image and Video Processing
Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) quantifies acoustic tissue properties such as the speed-of-sound (SOS). Although full-waveform inversion (FWI) is an effective method for accurate SOS reconstruction, it can be computationally challenging for large-scale problems. Deep learning-based image-to-image learned reconstruction (IILR) methods can offer computationally efficient alternatives. This study investigates the impact of the chosen input modalities on IILR methods for high-resolution SOS reconstruction in USCT. The selected modalities are traveltime tomography (TT) and reflection tomography (RT), which produce a low-resolution SOS map and a reflectivity map, respectively. These modalities have been chosen for their lower computational cost relative to FWI and their capacity to provide complementary information: TT offers a direct SOS measure, while RT reveals tissue boundary information. Systematic analyses were facilitated by employing a virtual USCT imaging system with anatomically realistic numerical breast phantoms. Within this testbed, a supervised convolutional neural network (CNN) was trained to map dual-channel (TT and RT images) to a high-resolution SOS map. Single-input CNNs were trained separately using inputs from each modality alone (TT or RT) for comparison. The accuracy of the methods was systematically assessed using normalized root mean squared error (NRMSE), structural similarity index measure (SSIM), and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR). For tumor detection performance, receiver operating characteristic analysis was employed. The dual-channel IILR method was also tested on clinical human breast data. Ensemble average of the NRMSE, SSIM, and PSNR evaluated on this clinical dataset were 0.2355, 0.8845, and 28.33 dB, respectively.
title Investigating the Use of Traveltime and Reflection Tomography for Deep Learning-Based Sound-Speed Estimation in Ultrasound Computed Tomography
topic Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.10193