Title :
Ultrasonic measuring of the change in spacing between membranes in a human thorax phantom, focused to detect pleural effusions
Author :
Cruz-Prieto, J. ; Bazan, I. ; Ramirez, Adrian
Author_Institution :
Inst. Politec. Nac., ESIME Zacatenco, Mexico City, Mexico
Abstract :
The objective of this paper is to develop ultrasound signal processing techniques suitable to measure changes in distance between two membranes in a basic human thorax phantom. The two proposed techniques are based on correlation and phase analysis, getting an accuracy of 94.93% and 92.60% respectively regarding to the measurements obtained with the vernier caliper.
Keywords :
biomembranes; medical signal detection; medical signal processing; phantoms; ultrasonic measurement; human thorax phantom; membranes; phase analysis; pleural effusion detection; ultrasonic measurement; ultrasound signal processing; vernier caliper; Conferences; Couplings; IEEE catalog; Medical services; correlation; phase analysis; pleural effusion; ultrasound;
Conference_Titel :
Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE), 2014 Pan American
Conference_Location :
Brasilia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3554-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAHCE.2014.6849633
