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(Radiology. 1999;213:429-437.)
© RSNA, 1999

Experimental Studies

Speckle Decorrelation Flow Measurement with B-Mode US of Contrast Agent Flow in a Phantom and in Rabbit Kidney1

Jonathan M. Rubin, MD, PhD, J. Brian Fowlkes, PhD, Theresa A. Tuthill, PhD, Aaron P. Moskalik, MSE, Richard T. Rhee, MS, Ronald S. Adler, MD, PhD 2, Sahira N. Kazanjian, MD and Paul L. Carson, PhD

1 From the Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, University Hospital B1Dd 502/0030, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0553. Received October 1, 1998; revision requested December 10; revision received January 20, 1999; accepted February 8. Supported in part by a research gift from General Electric, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, DAMD 17-94-J-4144. Address reprint requests to J.M.R. (e-mail: jrubin@umich.edu).

PURPOSE: To use speckle decorrelation in the presence of ultrasonographic (US) contrast agent as an alternative flow measurement technique to Doppler US.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: In vivo and in vitro studies were performed. A tube with flowing saline solution containing contrast agent was positioned horizontally across a US image. The amount of decorrelation between a series of images was recorded. The flow profile across the tube was generated by averaging the decorrelation values and was compared with a Doppler frequency shift image. In addition, B-mode images of six rabbit kidneys were obtained during and after intravenous injection of contrast agent. Images were analyzed to compute the correlation between successive points in time.

RESULTS: The velocity profiles across the tube were parabolic, with the fastest flow rates measured in the center of the tube. In the rabbit kidneys, measurements indicated the largest decorrelation rates occurred in the larger vessels. The cortical decorrelation rates were significantly slower than those for the hilar vessels (P < .05) and were relatively angle independent.

CONCLUSION: Decorrelation flow measurements can be used to estimate flow in vitro and in vivo similar to measurements obtained with Doppler US but with less angle dependence. These measurements could lead to a US perfusion technique.

Index terms: Blood, flow dynamics, 9*.12983, 9*.129883 • Blood vessels, US, 9*.12983, 9*.12988 • Ultrasound (US), contrast media, 9*.12988 • Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies, 9*.12983 • Ultrasound (US), experimental studies, 9*.12983, 9*.12988 • Ultrasound (US), physics, 9*.12983, 9*.12988 • Ultrasound (US), technology, 9*.12983, 9*.12988






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