The influence of intra-cortical microstructure on the contrast in ultrasound images of the cortex of long bones: a 2D simulation study
Résumé
Decreased thickness of the bone cortex due to bone loss in the course of ageing and osteoporosis is associated with reduced bone strength. Cortical thickness measurement from ultrasound images was recently demonstrated in young adults. This requires the identification of both the outer (periosteum) and inner (endosteum) surfaces of the bone cortex. However, with bone loss, the cortical porosity and the size of the vascular pores increase resulting in enhanced ultrasound scattering which may prevent the detection of the endosteum. The aim of this work was to study the influence of cortical bone microstructure variables, such as porosity and pore size, on the contrast of the endosteum in ultrasound images. We wanted to estimate the range of these variables for which ultrasound imaging of the endosteum is feasible. We generated synthetic data using a twodimensional time-domain code to simulate the propagation of elastodynamic waves. A synthetic aperture imaging sequence with an array transducer operating at a center frequency of 2.5 MHz
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Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]
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