MUSiK

MUSiK enables multi-view acoustic ultrasound simulations of realistic anatomy for rapid ultrasound prototyping and synthetic data generation.

Key Features:

• Anatomical digital phantom construction: MUSiK builds anatomical digital phantoms for simulation.
• Transducer definition and positioning: MUSiK defines and positions diverse transducer types.
• Simulation execution: MUSiK runs acoustic simulations covering the full gamut of image acquisition.
• Image reconstruction: MUSiK reconstructs images from simulated data.
• Bayesian reconstruction framework: MUSiK implements a Bayesian reconstruction framework for multi-view ultrasound.
• SNR-enhancing reconstruction algorithm: MUSiK validates an original signal-to-noise ratio enhancing reconstruction algorithm.

Scientific Applications:

• Volume rendering: MUSiK supports volume rendering applications through multi-view ultrasound simulation.
• Long-term organ monitoring: MUSiK enables simulation for long-term organ monitoring applications.
• In vitro multi-view experiments: MUSiK simulates in vitro multi-view experiments for resolution and contrast comparison.
• 2D kidney scans: MUSiK performs 2D scans of the kidney for conventional imaging tasks.
• 2D and 3D echocardiography: MUSiK performs 2D and 3D echocardiography simulations.
• 2.5D tomography: MUSiK performs 2.5D tomography of large regions.
• 3D tomography for lesion detection: MUSiK performs 3D tomography for lesion detection in soft tissue.

Methodology:

MUSiK covers the full gamut of image acquisition including building anatomical digital phantoms, defining and positioning diverse transducer types, running simulations, and reconstructing images. The library implements a Bayesian reconstruction framework for multi-view ultrasound and validates an original SNR-enhancing reconstruction algorithm.