Exploring the effects of transducer models when training convolutional neural networks to eliminate reflection artifacts in experimental photoacoustic images

Derek Allman; Austin Reiter; Muyinatu Bell

doi:10.1117/12.2291279

19 February 2018 Exploring the effects of transducer models when training convolutional neural networks to eliminate reflection artifacts in experimental photoacoustic images

Derek Allman, Austin Reiter, Muyinatu Bell

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Proceedings Volume 10494, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2018; 104945H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291279
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We previously proposed a method of removing reflection artifacts in photoacoustic images that uses deep learning. Our approach generally relies on using simulated photoacoustic channel data to train a convolutional neural network (CNN) that is capable of distinguishing sources from artifacts based on unique differences in their spatial impulse responses (manifested as depth-based differences in wavefront shapes). In this paper, we directly compare a CNN trained with our previous continuous transducer model to a CNN trained with an updated discrete acoustic receiver model that more closely matches an experimental ultrasound transducer. These two CNNs were trained with simulated data and tested on experimental data. The CNN trained using the continuous receiver model correctly classified 100% of sources and 70.3% of artifacts in the experimental data. In contrast, the CNN trained using the discrete receiver model correctly classified 100% of sources and 89.7% of artifacts in the experimental images. The 19.4% increase in artifact classification accuracy indicates that an acoustic receiver model that closely mimics the experimental transducer plays an important role in improving the classification of artifacts in experimental photoacoustic data. Results are promising for developing a method to display CNN-based images that remove artifacts in addition to only displaying network-identified sources as previously proposed.

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Derek Allman, Austin Reiter, and Muyinatu Bell "Exploring the effects of transducer models when training convolutional neural networks to eliminate reflection artifacts in experimental photoacoustic images", Proc. SPIE 10494, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2018, 104945H (19 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291279

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