METHOD TO DIAGNOSE AND MONITOR PULMONARY FIBROSIS USING ULTRASOUND MULTIPLE SCATTERING

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing ultrasound multiple scattering to assess pulmonary fibrosis are disclosed. One method may comprise transmitting ultrasound energy into the lungs of a subject, detecting portions of the ultrasound energy backscattered by structures in the lungs of the subject, calculating a transport parameter from the detected portions of the ultrasound energy backscattered by the structures in the lungs of the subject, inputting the transport parameter into a model that correlates values of the transport parameter with quantitative indications of severity of pulmonary fibrosis, and receiving, from the model, a quantitative indication of the severity of pulmonary fibrosis for the subject that correlates with the transport parameter for the subject.