Apparatuses, systems, and methods for preclinical ultrasound imaging of subjects
AssigneesThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, SonoVol, Inc.
InventorsPaul Alexander Dayton, Ryan Christopher Gessner, James Owen Butler, Max Stephan Harlacher, Nicholas Allan Norman
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for preclinical ultrasound imaging of subjects are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus can include a platform on which a subject is positionable and at least one motion stage for controlling a spatial position of at least one ultrasound transducer relative to the platform in order to acquire ultrasound image data of the subject. Methods for preclinical ultrasound raster scanning of at least one organ or tissue in a subject are also provided, where the at least one organ or tissue is a heart.
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An apparatus for preclinical ultrasound imaging of a subject, the apparatus comprising:
- a platform on which a subject is positionable;
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- at least two motion stages for controlling a spatial position of at least one ultrasound transducer relative to the platform in order to acquire ultrasound image data of the subject.
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A method for preclinical ultrasound imaging of a subject, the method comprising:
- movably positioning a platform, on which a subject is positionable;
- controlling, by at least two motion stages, a spatial position of at least one ultrasound transducer relative to the platform;
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- acquiring ultrasound image data of the subject.
A system for preclinical ultrasound raster scanning of at least one organ or tissue in a subject, the system comprising:
- at least one ultrasound imaging system;
- at least one ultrasound transducer associated with the at least one ultrasound imaging system and positionable relative to a subject;
- an apparatus comprising:
- a platform on which the subject is positionable, and
- at least two motion stages for controlling a spatial position of the at least one ultrasound transducer relative to the platform in order to acquire ultrasound image data of the subject;
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- a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory and being associated with the at least one ultrasound imaging system and the apparatus, wherein the computing platform is configured to collect one-dimensional (1D) ultrasound scan lines through translation of the at least one ultrasound transducer through a raster scan grid aligned over an approximation of a location of at least one organ or tissue in the subject, and to analyze the 1D ultrasound scan lines to build a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) mesh of relevant surfaces of the at least one organ or tissue.
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