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DOI License: MIT

QIBA-DigitalPhantoms

RSNA QIBA wiki overview of US SWS Digital Phantom Studies

Related publication to cite: Palmeri ML, Qiang B, Chen S, Urban M. "Guidelines for Finite-Element Modeling of Acoustic Radiation Force-Induced Shear Wave Propagation in Tissue-Mimicking Media," IEEE TUFFC, 64(1):78-92, 2016.

This repository contains the parameters and simulation configuration files used for the digital phantom datasets that will be circulated to all of the manufacturers.

Curvilinear Probe Parameters

  • Radius of curvature: 60 mm
  • Element Height: 14 mm
  • Element Pitch: 0.477 mm (0.007 mm kerf)
  • Center Freq: 3.0 MHz
  • Frac. Bandwidth: 100%
  • Elevation Focus: 50 mm

ARF Excitation Parameters

  • Frequency: 3.0 MHz
  • F/# = 2, 3.5
  • 500, 1000 cycles
  • Focal Depths: 30, 50, 70 mm

Acoustic Material Properties

  • Attenuation: 0.45 dB/cm/MHz
  • Linear

Elastic Material Properties

  • Poisson’s ratio: 0.495
  • Shear modulus: [1.0, 2.0, 5.0, 10.0] kPa
  • LS-DYNA Input Deck: dyna/qiba_elastic_pml.dyn
  • LS-DYNA Run Script: dyna/qiba_elastic_pml.py
  • ABAQUS Input Files: abaqus/

Viscoelastic Material Properties

  • G_0 = 10 kPa, G_infinity = 2 kPa, beta = 6666.7 Pa-s
  • G_0 = 15 kPa, G_infinity = 4 kPa, beta = 5500.0 Pa-s
  • G_0 = 20 kPa, G_infinity = 4 kPa, beta = 4000.0 Pa-s
  • LS-DYNA Input Deck: dyna/qiba_ve_pml.dyn
  • LS-DYNA Run Script: dyna/qiba_ve_pml.py
  • FEBio Input File: febio/phantom1_200Hz_case1.feb

Misc. Parameters

  • Displacement data in the imaging plane saved at 0.1 mm spacing every 0.1 ms.
  • 15 mm of total lateral extent
  • Just axial components of displacements
  • Just imaging plane displacements
  • MATLAB-formatted data will be shared

Mesh Dimensions & Configurations

  • ¼ symmetry
  • 0.25 mm node spacing
  • 10 mm elevation
  • 25 mm laterally
  • Focal depth + 25 mm axially
  • PMLs on outer lateral/elevation faces and top/bottom

Future Efforts

  • Ultrasonic tracking configurations and realizations

Download Digital Phantom Data

The raw simulation data for processing is available through the Duke University Library Digital Research Data Repository: QIBA Ultrasound Shear Wave Speed Digital Phantoms

Contributors

  • Dr. Shigao Chen, Ph.D.
  • Dr. Mark Palmeri, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Bo Qiang, MSEE
  • Dr. Matthew Urban, Ph.D.
  • Dr. Jingfeng Jiang, Ph.D.

Funding

This work has been supported in part by RSNA QIBA, FDA contracts HHSF223201400703P and HHSN268201300071C, and NIH grants R01DK092255 and R01 EB002132.