Development of ultrasound-based diagnostic and therapeutic aid technologies

Abstract

Although ultrasound has long been applied in a wide range of clinical fields, there are hardware limitations in acquiring physical information from actual wave propagation in the human body, and the complexity of biological tissues also affects the echo image rendered, which can cause a discrepancy between theoretical ideas and diagnostic indicators. To overcome this problem, much research on quantitative ultrasound and tissue characterization has been pursued, and several technologies have been put into practical use in recent years. In addition, fusion technologies of ultrasound and other medical imaging modalities are also in practical use, and it is expected that use of multimodality diagnostic and therapeutic aid technologies will become more widespread in the future.