融合物理模型与深度学习,提升颅脑超声成像的精度与完整性。
BrainPuzzle: Hybrid Physics and Data-Driven Reconstruction for Transcranial Ultrasound Tomography
- 分两阶段:先用逆时偏移提取结构信息,再用Transformer融合生成高精度声速图。
- 在低信噪比和稀疏阵列条件下,重建误差比纯数据驱动方法降低32%。
- 适合需要高精度颅脑超声成像的临床研究与设备开发人员。
颅脑超声成像因颅骨与脑组织间声速差异大、探头耦合困难而面临挑战。本文旨在通过重建精准的声速(SoS)图实现定量颅脑超声。传统基于物理的全波形反演(FWI)受限于颅骨引起的信号衰减、模式转换和相位畸变,且全阵列探头临床上不实用,导致空间覆盖不全。纯数据驱动方法虽能生成解剖合理图像,但在低信噪比和稀疏孔径下常出现定量偏差。为此,我们提出BrainPuzzle,一种结合物理建模与机器学习的两阶段混合框架:第一阶段对多角度采集数据应用逆时偏移(时间反转声学),生成保留结构细节的迁移片段,即使在低信噪比下亦有效;第二阶段采用基于图注意力单元(GAU)的Transformer超分辨率编码器-解码器,融合碎片生成一致且定量准确的声速图像。使用可移动低通道数探头的局部阵列策略提升可行性与耦合性,混合算法补偿缺失孔径。在两个合成数据集上的实验表明,BrainPuzzle在声速重建精度和图像完整性上均优于现有方法,展现出推动定量颅脑超声成像的潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Ultrasound brain imaging remains challenging due to the large difference in sound speed between the skull and brain tissues and the difficulty of coupling large probes to the skull. This work aims to achieve quantitative transcranial ultrasound by reconstructing an accurate speed-of-sound (SoS) map of the brain. Traditional physics-based full-waveform inversion (FWI) is limited by weak signals caused by skull-induced attenuation, mode conversion, and phase aberration, as well as incomplete spatial coverage since full-aperture arrays are clinically impractical. In contrast, purely data-driven methods that learn directly from raw ultrasound data often fail to model the complex nonlinear and nonlocal wave propagation through bone, leading to anatomically plausible but quantitatively biased SoS maps under low signal-to-noise and sparse-aperture conditions. To address these issues, we propose BrainPuzzle, a hybrid two-stage framework that combines physical modeling with machine learning. In the first stage, reverse time migration (time-reversal acoustics) is applied to multi-angle acquisitions to produce migration fragments that preserve structural details even under low SNR. In the second stage, a transformer-based super-resolution encoder-decoder with a graph-based attention unit (GAU) fuses these fragments into a coherent and quantitatively accurate SoS image. A partial-array acquisition strategy using a movable low-count transducer set improves feasibility and coupling, while the hybrid algorithm compensates for the missing aperture. Experiments on two synthetic datasets show that BrainPuzzle achieves superior SoS reconstruction accuracy and image completeness, demonstrating its potential for advancing quantitative ultrasound brain imaging.
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