This note describes some studies of the relationship between filtered 180° backscattered amplitude and rotation angle, which has been suggested as a means for tissue characterisation. The studies include experimental measurements on simple linear and two-dimensional point targets, and theoretical computed results on both regular arrays and arrays with random displacement of the point scatterers.
The studies were carried out on models under favourable conditions with only small amounts of irregularity. They show that in certain situations neither the disposition and spacing of peaks in the curve of backscattered amplitude versus angle, nor a cross-correlation algorithm designed to detect the optimum scatterer-spacing in the model gave a good estimate of average scatterer spacing. The implication of this finding to clinical application is discussed. 相似文献
目的:评价穿刺针增强显像技术在超声引导腋路臂丛神经阻滞中对穿刺针可视性的影响。方法:选择60例符合美国麻醉医师学会(American Society of Anesthesiologists, ASA)分级Ⅰ或Ⅱ级,拟于超声引导腋路臂丛神经阻滞下行手和/或前臂手术的患者,随机分为普通显像组(n=30)和增强显像组(n=30)。两组均通过超声(SonoSite M-Turbo)定位正中神经、尺神经、桡神经以及肌皮神经,增强显像组在进行穿刺时开启多波束增强技术按钮,两组通过刺激器引出特定运动后,在每支神经周围推注0.5%(质量分数)罗哌卡因10 mL,记录行臂丛神经阻滞过程中的操作时间、各支神经与皮肤表面的距离以及并发症,评价超声图像中穿刺针的可视性。结果:行腋路臂丛神经阻滞过程中,增强显像技术组较普通显像组操作时间短[(2.63±0.81) min vs. (5.07±1.89) min,P=0.01],且在行桡神经和肌皮神经阻滞时,增强显像技术组的穿刺针可视性更好(P<0.05)。结论:对位置较深的神经采用增强显像技术可提高穿刺针可视性并缩短操作时间。 相似文献
To study aortic velocities in the fetus, a newly developed multirangegated Doppler velocimeter was combined with a commercial B-mode linear-array apparatus. Spectrum analysis of the Doppler shift signals was performed. The signals with the highest frequencies were selected for hard-copy, and integrated with a digitizer. In the first part of the study, the reproducibility of the method was established by serial measurements of aortic velocity in 7 near-term fetuses. It proved sufficient to evaluate 5 successive heart-cycles. The mean coefficient of variation was 5% (mean number of recordings evaluated 7.5).
In the second part of the study, possible influence of aortocaval compression on fetal aortic velocity indicative of changes in fetal cardiac output, was investigated in 10 pregnant women with no symptoms of supine hypotension. Doppler monitoring of the material cardiac output from the suprasternal notch was added to the set-up described to study the supine reduction of cardiac output frequently described in pregnant women. No significant change was found either in the maternal or in the fetal circulation. 相似文献