arXiv:2511.20551eess.SPcs.AI2025-11被引 1

提出时域线性模型,用更少数据实现高精度声学成像。

Time-Domain Linear Model-based Framework for Passive Acoustic Mapping of Cavitation Activity

  • 构建时域线性模型,显式建模信号传播延迟。
  • 仅需频域方法20%数据,成像质量相当或更优。
  • 适合需要低数据量、高灵活性的超声治疗场景。

被动声学成像可实现空化活动的空间定位与时间监测,在治疗性超声中至关重要。传统波束成形方法(时域或频域)因缺乏参考发射起始时间,轴向分辨率受限;频域方法虽高效,但需长信号以准确估计,而时域方法通常空间分辨率较低。为此,本文提出一种完全在时域构建的线性模型波束成形框架。该模型将离散的时空空化分布与探头记录的时序信号关联,明确考虑由采集几何决定的传播时延。通过结合空间与时间域先验知识的正则化技术反演该模型。实验表明,该框架在仅使用传统频域方法20%数据的情况下,即可实现更高或相当的空化图质量,显著提升数据效率,并展现出对多样化被动空化场景的良好适应性,优于现有最优技术。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Passive acoustic mapping enables the spatial mapping and temporal monitoring of cavitation activity, playing a crucial role in therapeutic ultrasound applications. Most conventional beamforming methods, whether implemented in the time or frequency domains, suffer from limited axial resolution due to the absence of a reference emission onset time. While frequency-domain methods, the most efficient of which are based on the cross-spectral matrix, require long signals for accurate estimation, time-domain methods typically achieve lower spatial resolution. To address these limitations, we propose a linear model-based beamforming framework fully formulated in the time domain. The linear forward model relates a discretized spatiotemporal distribution of cavitation activity to the temporal signals recorded by a probe, explicitly accounting for time-of-flight delays dictated by the acquisition geometry. This model is then inverted using regularization techniques that exploit prior knowledge of cavitation activity in both spatial and temporal domains. Experimental results show that the proposed framework achieves enhanced or competitive cavitation map quality while using only 20\% of the data typically required by frequency-domain methods. This highlights the substantial gain in data efficiency and the flexibility of our spatiotemporal regularization to adapt to diverse passive cavitation scenarios, outperforming state-of-the-art techniques.

声学成像空化监测时域建模数据效率

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