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An improved 3D Ultrasound Computer Tomography system

In a first pilot study with 3D Ultrasound Computer Tomography especially the speed of sound images of the breast showed promising results for breast cancer detection. Yet, the resolution of transmission tomography in our system is limited in comparison to the reflectivity volumes. In this paper we describe a setup for an improved device overcoming this limitation. An optimized geometry of the transducers in a sparse distribution improves both the contrast in reflection and contrast and resolution in transmission tomography by nearly an order of magnitude. Furthermore data acquisition is accelerated from 10 to less than 2 minutes. The derived methods, simulation, and measuring results are described.

N. V. Ruiter | M. Zapf | R. Dapp | T. Hopp | H. Gemmeke

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