SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BINDING DYNAMICS OF TARGETED MICROBUBBLES

摘要

An ultrasound system and method that can include: a receive beamformer configured to receive signals from a transducer; a processor coupled to the receive beamformer, the processor configured to: analyze echo data reflected from a region of interest, the echo data elicited by a transmitted pulse sequence; using the echo data, determine a central tendency of a signal magnitude from regions of adherent microbubbles over time within the region of interest; determine a time series of the signal magnitude; using the time series, determine an initial signal magnitude parameter; obtain a saturated signal parameter and a residual signal parameter using the time series; and determine a relative indication of information indicative of the residual signal magnitude versus the saturated signal magnitude.

主权项

1. An ultrasound system, comprising:
a receive beamformer configured to receive signals from a transducer; a processor coupled to the receive beamformer, the processor configured to:
analyze echo data reflected from a region of interest, the echo data elicited by a transmitted pulse sequence;using the echo data, determine a central tendency of a signal magnitude from regions of adherent microbubbles over time within the region of interest;determine a time series of the signal magnitude;using the time series, determine an initial signal magnitude parameter;obtain a saturated signal parameter and a residual signal parameter using the time series; anddetermine a relative indication of information indicative of the residual signal magnitude versus the saturated signal magnitude.