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Create the figures from the experimental dynamic range phantom

For the publication Rindal, O. M. H., Austeng, A., Fatemi, A., & Rodriguez-Molares, A. (2018). The effect of dynamic range alterations in the estimation of contrast. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control.

Author: Ole Marius Hoel Rindal olemarius@olemarius.net 05.06.18 updated for revised version of manuscript 12.03.19

clear all;
close all;
addpath([ustb_path,filesep,'publications',filesep,'DynamicRange',filesep,'functions',filesep])

Load the data

filename = 'experimental_STAI_dynamic_range.uff';
url='http://ustb.no/datasets/';      % if not found downloaded from here

% checks if the data is in your data path, and downloads it otherwise.
% The defaults data path is under USTB's folder, but you can change this
% by setting an environment variable with setenv(DATA_PATH,'the_path_you_want_to_use');
tools.download(filename, url, data_path);

channel_data = uff.channel_data();
channel_data.read([data_path,filesep,filename],'/channel_data')

b_data_das = uff.beamformed_data();
b_data_cf = uff.beamformed_data();
b_data_pcf = uff.beamformed_data();
b_data_gcf = uff.beamformed_data();
b_data_mv = uff.beamformed_data();
b_data_ebmv = uff.beamformed_data();
b_data_dmas = uff.beamformed_data();

b_data_das.read([data_path,filesep,filename],'/b_data_das');
b_data_cf.read([data_path,filesep,filename],'/b_data_cf');
b_data_pcf.read([data_path,filesep,filename],'/b_data_pcf');
b_data_gcf.read([data_path,filesep,filename],'/b_data_gcf');
b_data_mv.read([data_path,filesep,filename],'/b_data_mv');
b_data_ebmv.read([data_path,filesep,filename],'/b_data_ebmv');
b_data_dmas.read([data_path,filesep,filename],'/b_data_dmas');

UFF: reading channel_data [uff.channel_data]
UFF: reading sequence [uff.wave] [====================] 100%
UFF: reading /b_data_das [uff.beamformed_data]
UFF: reading /b_data_cf [uff.beamformed_data]
UFF: reading /b_data_pcf [uff.beamformed_data]
UFF: reading /b_data_gcf [uff.beamformed_data]
UFF: reading /b_data_mv [uff.beamformed_data]
UFF: reading /b_data_ebmv [uff.beamformed_data]
UFF: reading /b_data_dmas [uff.beamformed_data]

Print authorship and citation details for the dataset

channel_data.print_authorship

Name: 		 v2 Experimental dynamic range phantom. Recorded  
		 on a Verasonics Vantage 256 with a L11 probe. See  
		 the reference for details 
Reference: 	 Rindal, O. M. H., Austeng, A., Fatemi, A., &  
		 Rodriguez-Molares, A. (2018). The effect of  
		 dynamic range transformations in the estimation  
		 of contrast. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on  
		 Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency  
		 Control. 
Author(s): 	 Alfonso Rodriguez-Molares <alfonso.r.molares@ntnu.no> 
		 Ali Fatemi <ali.fatemi@ntnu.no> 
		 Ole Marius Hoel Rindal <omrindal@ifi.uio.no 
Version: 	 1.0.1 

Display and save the images from all beamformers under study

mkdir([ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/'])

Warning: Directory already exists. 

DAS

das_img = b_data_das.get_image('none');
das_img = db(abs(das_img./max(das_img(:)))); % Normalize on max
f1 = figure(1);clf;
imagesc(b_data_das.scan.x_axis*1000,b_data_das.scan.z_axis*1000,das_img);
colormap gray;caxis([-60 0]);axis image;xlabel('x [mm]');ylabel('z [mm]');
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
saveas(f1,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/DAS'],'eps2c')
saveas(f1,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/DAS'],'png')

CF

cf_img = b_data_cf.get_image('none');
cf_img = db(abs(cf_img./max(cf_img(:)))); % Normalize on max
f2 = figure(2);
imagesc(b_data_das.scan.x_axis*1000,b_data_das.scan.z_axis*1000,cf_img);
colormap gray;caxis([-60 0]);axis image;xlabel('x [mm]');ylabel('z [mm]');
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
saveas(f2,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/CF'],'eps2c')

PCF

pcf_img = b_data_pcf.get_image('none');
pcf_img = db(abs(pcf_img./max(pcf_img(:)))); % Normalize on max
f3 = figure(3);clf;
imagesc(b_data_das.scan.x_axis*1000,b_data_das.scan.z_axis*1000,pcf_img);
colormap gray;caxis([-60 0]);axis image;xlabel('x [mm]');ylabel('z [mm]');
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
saveas(f3,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/PCF'],'eps2c')

GCF

gcf_img = b_data_gcf.get_image('none');
gcf_img = db(abs(gcf_img./max(gcf_img(:)))); % Normalize on max
f4 = figure(4);
imagesc(b_data_das.scan.x_axis*1000,b_data_das.scan.z_axis*1000,gcf_img);
colormap gray;caxis([-60 0]);axis image;xlabel('x [mm]');ylabel('z [mm]');
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
saveas(f4,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/GCF'],'eps2c')

MV

mv_img = b_data_mv.get_image('none');
mv_img = db(abs(mv_img./max(mv_img(:)))); % Normalize on max
f5 = figure(6);clf;
imagesc(b_data_das.scan.x_axis*1000,b_data_das.scan.z_axis*1000,mv_img);
colormap gray;caxis([-60 0]);axis image;xlabel('x [mm]');ylabel('z [mm]');
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
saveas(f5,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/MV'],'eps2c')

F-DMAS

dmas_img = b_data_dmas.get_image('none');
dmas_img = db(abs(dmas_img./max(dmas_img(:)))); % Normalize on max
f7 = figure(7);clf;
imagesc(b_data_das.scan.x_axis*1000,b_data_das.scan.z_axis*1000,dmas_img);
colormap gray;caxis([-60 0]);axis image;xlabel('x [mm]');ylabel('z [mm]');
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
saveas(f7,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/DMAS'],'eps2c')

EBMV

ebmv_img = b_data_ebmv.get_image('none');
ebmv_img = db(abs(ebmv_img./max(ebmv_img(:)))); % Normalize on max
f6 = figure(8);clf;
imagesc(b_data_das.scan.x_axis*1000,b_data_das.scan.z_axis*1000,ebmv_img);
colormap gray;caxis([-60 0]);axis image;xlabel('x [mm]');ylabel('z [mm]');
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
saveas(f6,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/EBMV'],'eps2c')

GLT

glt_s = postprocess.scurve_gray_level_transform();
glt_s.a = 0.12;
glt_s.b = -40;
glt_s.c = 0.008;

glt_s.plot_functions = 1;
glt_s.input = b_data_das;
glt_s.scan = b_data_das.scan;
b_data_glt = glt_s.go();

glt_img = b_data_glt.get_image('none');
glt_img = db(abs(glt_img./max(glt_img(:))));
f9 = figure(9);clf;
imagesc(b_data_das.scan.x_axis*1000,b_data_das.scan.z_axis*1000,glt_img);
colormap gray;caxis([-60 0]);axis image;xlabel('x [mm]');ylabel('z [mm]');
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
saveas(f9,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/GLT'],'eps2c')

Undefined function 'fit' for input arguments of type 'double'.

Error in postprocess/scurve_gray_level_transform/go (line 61)
            gamma = fit(x.',x_compressed.','cubicspline');

Error in create_figures_from_experimental (line 121)
b_data_glt = glt_s.go();

Put the images in a cell array.

Put both the dB image and the signal before envelope detection

image.all{1} = das_img;
image.all_signal{1} = double(b_data_das.get_image('none'));
image.all_signal{1} = (image.all_signal{1}./max(image.all_signal{1}(:)));
image.tags{1} = 'DAS';
image.all{2} = mv_img;
image.all_signal{2} = double(b_data_mv.get_image('none'));
image.all_signal{2} = (image.all_signal{2}./max(image.all_signal{2}(:)));
image.tags{2} = 'MV';
image.all{3} = ebmv_img;
image.all_signal{3} = double(b_data_ebmv.get_image('none'));
image.all_signal{3} = (image.all_signal{3}./max(image.all_signal{3}(:)));
image.tags{3} = 'EBMV';
image.all{4} = dmas_img;
image.all_signal{4} = double(b_data_dmas.get_image('none'));
image.all_signal{4} = (image.all_signal{4}./max(image.all_signal{4}(:)));
image.tags{4} = 'F-DMAS';
image.all{5} = cf_img;
image.all_signal{5} = double(b_data_cf.get_image('none'));
image.all_signal{5} = (image.all_signal{5}./max(image.all_signal{5}(:)));
image.tags{5} = 'CF';
image.all{6} = gcf_img;
image.all_signal{6} = double(b_data_gcf.get_image('none'));
image.all_signal{6} = (image.all_signal{6}./max(image.all_signal{6}(:)));
image.tags{6} = 'GCF';
image.all{7} = pcf_img;
image.all_signal{7} = double(b_data_pcf.get_image('none'));
image.all_signal{7} = (image.all_signal{7}./max(image.all_signal{7}(:)));
image.tags{7} = 'PCF';
image.all{8} = glt_img;
image.all_signal{8} = double(b_data_glt.get_image('none'));
image.all_signal{8} = (image.all_signal{8}./max(image.all_signal{8}(:)));
image.tags{8} = 'GLT';

Add the path to the functions used in the evaluation

addpath functions

% Add the colors to be used using "linspecer" colors
colors=    [0.9047    0.1918    0.1988; ...
            0.2941    0.5447    0.7494; ...
            0.3718    0.7176    0.3612; ...
            1.0000    0.5482    0.1000; ...
            0.8650    0.8110    0.4330; ...
            0.6859    0.4035    0.2412; ...
            0.9718    0.5553    0.7741; ...
            0.6400    0.6400    0.6400];

Plot lateral graident in db vs. db plot.

NB! The final figure is plotted together with the simulated data in the create_figures_from_simulation.m script. We are just saving these values for now.

[meanLinesLateral,x_axis] = getMeanLateralLines(b_data_das,image,39,48.5,-14,14);
mask_lateral=abs(b_data_das.scan.x_axis)<14e-3;

theory_lateral = (-1.8*(b_data_das.scan.x_axis(mask_lateral)+14*10^-3))*10^3;

mkdir([ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/gradient/'])

for i = 1:length(image.all)
    f88 = figure(8888+i);clf;hold all;
    plot(theory_lateral,meanLinesLateral.all{i}-max(meanLinesLateral.all{i}),...
            'LineStyle','-.','Linewidth',2,'Color','b','DisplayName','Lateral');
    plot(theory_lateral,theory_lateral,'LineStyle','-','Linewidth',2,'Color',...
                                                    'k','DisplayName','Theory');
    set(gca, 'XDir','reverse');title(image.tags{i});
    axis image
    legend show
    ylim([-100 0])
    xlim([-50 0])
    grid on
    xlabel('Theoretical [dB]');
    ylabel('Output [dB]');
    saveas(f88,[ustb_path,filesep,...
    'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/gradient/',image.tags{i}],'eps2c')
end

Measure contrast

Once again we are just saving the values to make the final plot combined with the simulated data in the create_figures_from_simulation.m

[CR_signal_exp, CR_signal_dagger, CR_image_exp, CNR_signal_exp, CNR_image_exp] ...
    = measureContrast(b_data_das,image,-5.5,17.5,3.5,5,8,[ustb_path,filesep,...
    'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/DAS_cyst_indicated']);

f9 = figure;
subplot(211);
bar([10*log10(CR_signal_exp)])
set(gca,'XTick',linspace(1,length(image.tags),length(image.tags)))
set(gca,'XTickLabel',image.tags)
ylabel('CR_{signal} [dB]');
x_pos = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8];
text(x_pos,double(10*log10(CR_signal_exp(:))),num2str(round(10*log10(CR_signal_exp(:))),'%d'),...
    'HorizontalAlignment','center',...
    'VerticalAlignment','bottom',...
    'FontSize',12)
set(gca,'Ydir','reverse')

subplot(212);
bar([CR_image_exp])
set(gca,'XTick',linspace(1,length(image.tags),length(image.tags)))
set(gca,'XTickLabel',image.tags)
ylabel('CR_{image} [dB]');
x_pos = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8];
text(x_pos,double(CR_image_exp(:)),num2str(round(CR_image_exp(:)),'%d'),...
    'HorizontalAlignment','center',...
    'VerticalAlignment','bottom',...
    'FontSize',12)

saveas(f9,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/CR'],'eps2c')

f77 = figure(77);
subplot(211);
bar([CNR_signal_exp])
set(gca,'XTick',linspace(1,length(image.tags),length(image.tags)))
set(gca,'XTickLabel',image.tags)
ylabel('CNR_{signal}');
x_pos = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8];
text(x_pos,double(CNR_signal_exp(:)),num2str((CNR_signal_exp(:)),'%.2f'),...
    'HorizontalAlignment','center',...
    'VerticalAlignment','bottom',...
    'FontSize',12)
ylim([0 1.1])

subplot(212);
bar([CNR_image_exp])
set(gca,'XTick',linspace(1,length(image.tags),length(image.tags)))
set(gca,'XTickLabel',image.tags)
ylabel('CNR_{image}');
x_pos = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8];
text(x_pos,double(CNR_image_exp(:)),num2str((CNR_image_exp(:)),'%.2f'),...
    'HorizontalAlignment','center',...
    'VerticalAlignment','bottom',...
    'FontSize',12)

saveas(f77,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/CNR'],'eps2c')

Run the Dynamic Range Test (DRT)

mkdir([ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/']);
drt{1} = tools.dynamic_range_test(channel_data,b_data_das,'DAS');
set(gcf,'Position',[360 354 680 344])
saveas(gcf,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/','DAS_exp'],'eps2c');
drt{2} = tools.dynamic_range_test(channel_data,b_data_mv,'MV');
set(gcf,'Position',[360 354 680 344])
saveas(gcf,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/','MV'],'eps2c');
drt{3} = tools.dynamic_range_test(channel_data,b_data_ebmv,'EBMV');
set(gcf,'Position',[360 354 680 344])
saveas(gcf,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/','EBMV'],'eps2c');
drt{4} = tools.dynamic_range_test(channel_data,b_data_dmas,'F-DMAS');
set(gcf,'Position',[360 354 680 344])
saveas(gcf,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/','F-DMAS'],'eps2c');
drt{5} = tools.dynamic_range_test(channel_data,b_data_cf,'CF');
set(gcf,'Position',[360 354 680 344])
saveas(gcf,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/','CF'],'eps2c');
drt{6} = tools.dynamic_range_test(channel_data,b_data_gcf,'GCF');
set(gcf,'Position',[360 354 680 344])
saveas(gcf,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/','GCF'],'eps2c');
drt{7} = tools.dynamic_range_test(channel_data,b_data_pcf,'PCF');
set(gcf,'Position',[360 354 680 344])
saveas(gcf,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/','PCF'],'eps2c');
drt{8} = tools.dynamic_range_test(channel_data,b_data_glt,'GLT');
set(gcf,'Position',[360 354 680 344])
saveas(gcf,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/dynamic_range_test/','GLT'],'eps2c')

DRT_value_exp = [drt{1:end}];
cr_improvement = (CR_image_exp - CR_image_exp(1));

Plotting correlation plot between CR improvement and DRT with all 8 beamforming (including GLT)

lmd_sim_slope = fitlm(cr_improvement(1:8),DRT_value_exp(1:8))

lmd_sim_slope.Rsquared.Ordinary
lmd_sim_slope.Rsquared.Adjusted

f113 = figure(114);clf;hold all;
linespes = '+ox*sd<>';
for i = 1:length(image.all)
    plot(cr_improvement(i),DRT_value_exp(i),linespes(i),'Color',colors(i,:),'MarkerSize',10);
end
lmd_sim_slope.plot
hline = findobj(gcf, 'type', 'line');
set(hline,'LineWidth',3);
set(hline(3),'Color',[0 0 0]);
set(hline(3),'DisplayName','Fitted line');
title('')
xlabel('CR_{LC} improve cmp. DAS [%]');%xlim([-5 75]);
ylabel('Slope diff [in %]');%ylim([-50 5]);
text(80,10,sprintf('R-Squared: %.2f',lmd_sim_slope.Rsquared.Ordinary),'FontSize',18);
text(80,0,sprintf('R-Squared adj: %.2f',lmd_sim_slope.Rsquared.Adjusted),'FontSize',18);
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
delete(hline(4));
legend();
hLegend = findobj(gcf, 'Type', 'Legend');
legend show
legend([{image.tags{1:8}} hLegend.String],'Location','nw');

saveas(f113,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/correlation_experimental'],'eps2c')

Plotting correlation plot between CR improvement and DRT with all 7 methods (excluding GLT)

lmd_sim_slope = fitlm(cr_improvement(1:7),DRT_value_exp(1:7))

lmd_sim_slope.Rsquared.Ordinary
lmd_sim_slope.Rsquared.Adjusted

f113 = figure(114);clf;hold all;
linespes = '+ox*sd<>';
for i = 1:length(image.all)-1
    plot(cr_improvement(i),DRT_value_exp(i),linespes(i),'Color',colors(i,:),'MarkerSize',10);
end
lmd_sim_slope.plot
hline = findobj(gcf, 'type', 'line');
set(hline,'LineWidth',3);
set(hline(3),'Color',[0 0 0]);
set(hline(3),'DisplayName','Fitted line');
title('')
xlabel('CR_{LC} improvement compared to DAS [dB]','Interpreter', 'tex');
ylabel('DRT value');%ylim([-50 5]);
text(20,1.1,sprintf('R-Squared: %.2f',lmd_sim_slope.Rsquared.Ordinary),'FontSize',18);
text(20,1,sprintf('R-Squared adj: %.2f',lmd_sim_slope.Rsquared.Adjusted),'FontSize',18);
set(gca,'FontSize',14);
delete(hline(4));
legend();
hLegend = findobj(gcf, 'Type', 'Legend');
legend show
legend([{image.tags{1:7}} hLegend.String],'Location','nw');


saveas(f113,[ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/figures/experimental/correlation_experimental_withouth_GLT'],'eps2c')

Save the data to a file to read parts of the results to be plotted with the simulated data

save([ustb_path,filesep,'publications/DynamicRange/','Experimental.mat'],'b_data_das','image','CR_signal_exp', ...
                        'CR_image_exp', 'CNR_signal_exp', 'CNR_image_exp','DRT_value_exp');

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