Ultrasonic Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction with Spatially Variant Regularization for One-Sided Non-Destructive Evaluation

doi:10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.15.COIMG-103

Title: Ultrasonic Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction with Spatially Variant Regularization for One-Sided Non-Destructive Evaluation

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One-sided ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation (UNDE) uses ultrasound signals to investigate and inspect structures that are only accessible from one side. A widely used reconstruction technique in UNDE is the synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT). SAFT produces fast reconstruction and reasonable images for simple structures. However, for large complex structures, SAFT reconstructions suffer from noise and artifacts. To resolve some of the drawbacks of SAFT, an ultrasonic model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) algorithm, a method based on Bayesian estimation, was proposed that showed significant enhancement over SAFT in reducing noise and artifacts. In this paper, we build on previous investigations of the use of MBIR reconstruction on ultrasound data by proposing a spatially varying prior-model to account for artifacts from deeper regions and a 3D regularizer to account for correlations between scans from adjacent regions. We demonstrate that the use of the new prior model in MBIR can significantly improve reconstructions compared to SAFT and the previously proposed MBIR technique.

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Almansouri, Hani ^[1];

^[2];

^[2]; Bouman, Charles ^[1];

^[2]

Purdue University
ORNL

Publication Date:: 2018-01-01

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1468213

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Journal Volume: 2018; Journal Issue: 15; Conference: Electronic Imaging, Computational Imaging XVI - Burlingame, California, United States of America - 1/28/2018 10:00:00 AM-2/1/2018 10:00:00 AM

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Almansouri, Hani, Venkatakrishnan, Singanallur V., Clayton, Dwight A., Polsky, Yarom, Bouman, Charles, and Santos-Villalobos, Hector J. Ultrasonic Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction with Spatially Variant Regularization for One-Sided Non-Destructive Evaluation.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
        Web.  doi:10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.15.COIMG-103.

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                    Almansouri, Hani, Venkatakrishnan, Singanallur V., Clayton, Dwight A., Polsky, Yarom, Bouman, Charles, & Santos-Villalobos, Hector J. Ultrasonic Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction with Spatially Variant Regularization for One-Sided Non-Destructive Evaluation.  United States.  doi:10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.15.COIMG-103.

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                    Almansouri, Hani, Venkatakrishnan, Singanallur V., Clayton, Dwight A., Polsky, Yarom, Bouman, Charles, and Santos-Villalobos, Hector J. Mon .  
        "Ultrasonic Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction with Spatially Variant Regularization for One-Sided Non-Destructive Evaluation".  United States.  doi:10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.15.COIMG-103.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1468213.

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  title        = {Ultrasonic Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction with Spatially Variant Regularization for One-Sided Non-Destructive Evaluation},

  author       = {Almansouri, Hani and Venkatakrishnan, Singanallur V. and Clayton, Dwight A. and Polsky, Yarom and Bouman, Charles and Santos-Villalobos, Hector J.},

  abstractNote = {One-sided ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation (UNDE) uses ultrasound signals to investigate and inspect structures that are only accessible from one side. A widely used reconstruction technique in UNDE is the synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT). SAFT produces fast reconstruction and reasonable images for simple structures. However, for large complex structures, SAFT reconstructions suffer from noise and artifacts. To resolve some of the drawbacks of SAFT, an ultrasonic model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) algorithm, a method based on Bayesian estimation, was proposed that showed significant enhancement over SAFT in reducing noise and artifacts. In this paper, we build on previous investigations of the use of MBIR reconstruction on ultrasound data by proposing a spatially varying prior-model to account for artifacts from deeper regions and a 3D regularizer to account for correlations between scans from adjacent regions. We demonstrate that the use of the new prior model in MBIR can significantly improve reconstructions compared to SAFT and the previously proposed MBIR technique.},

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