Ultrasonic systems and methods for smart shear wave elastography

摘要

The present disclosure has an ultrasonic system and method for smart shear wave elastography in an anisotropic tissue.An exemplary method has the step of identifying the muscle fiber structure from a 3D ultrasound image dataset.The method has the step of providing an expression of at least one identified muscle fiber structure relative to the surface of the transducer.The method has the step of selecting at least one of the identified muscle fiber structures.The method has the step of determining a target measurement plane based on the orientation of the selected muscle fiber structure.The method may include transmitting an ultrasonic pulse in accordance with a sequence configured to perform shear wave images within a target measurement plane.