twente-microbubblesim: restructure the data card to the common layout
Browse filesSyncs the twente-microbubblesim card on the Hub with the reviewed state on GitHub (open-h/OpenH-RF).
The card now follows the layout shared by every OpenH-RF dataset: frontmatter with a `name`, a stand-alone title, the hero image with an italic caption linking the sample it shows, Description, Contributor(s), Creation Date and the standard CC BY 4.0 text, then a new **Processing the Dataset** section (the `zea process` command where the pipeline carries the whole reconstruction, and the `reconstruct.py` link) followed by Dataset Format, which opens with the zea version. Hard line breaks are gone so the Hub wraps paragraphs itself; the longer sections keep their content.
The usage example now matches the script (`PATH` / `PULSE` / `CONFIG_PATH` constants instead of CLI flags).
**GitHub PRs:**
- [tristan-deep/OpenH-RF#28](https://github.com/tristan-deep/OpenH-RF/pull/28) — Restructure all data cards to the common README layout
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## Dataset Description
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## Dataset Characterization
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**Current OpenH-RF release:** 500 HDF5 files; 17.03 GB (17,029,267,456 bytes) stored; root `zea_version` **0.1.6**. Sizes include all HDF5 contents and use decimal units (MB = 10^6 bytes, GB = 10^9 bytes, TB = 10^12 bytes), not decoded-array memory or original-source download sizes.
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# Waveform-Specific Synthetic Microbubble RF Dataset
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## Dataset Description
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This synthetic 3-D ultrasound dataset contains nonlinear radiofrequency (RF) responses from microbubble contrast agents for cardiovascular-flow imaging. It was generated to study the effect of ultrasound transmit-waveform shape on RF signals and deep-learning methods for microbubble super-resolution. It contains simulated data, not clinical, phantom, or in-vivo animal data.
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The acquisitions can be processed with the `reconstruct.py` [script](https://github.com/open-h/OpenH-RF/blob/main/datasets/twente-microbubblesim/reconstruct.py) as provided in the [OpenH-RF GitHub repository](https://github.com/open-h/OpenH-RF), together with the pipeline definitions in `pipeline/` and the [zea library](https://github.com/tue-bmd/zea). The script streams the data from the Hugging Face Hub.
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tracks/ ├── track_0/ │ ├── label # scalar string: DPT │ ├── data/raw_data │ ├── scan/ │ └── transmit_only ├── track_1/ # label: L1.7 ├── ... └── track_11/ # label: SUC
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Each track stores one pulse variant. The fixed mapping for `track_0` through `track_11` is `DPT`, `L1.7`, `L2.5`, `L3.4`, `LDC`, `LUC`, `REF`, `S1.7`, `S2.5`, `S3.4`, `SDC`, and `SUC`. Every track has its own canonical scalar `label` dataset. The same ordered names are also stored in `custom/pulse_names`. The tracks are independent pulse variants for the same bubble realization, not a temporal sequence; no `track_schedule` is used.
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Track-specific pulse metadata use names such as `custom/track_0_pulse_waveform` and `custom/track_0_t_peak`. The `scan` group contains sampling, transmit, timing, focus, steering, and apodization parameters. `transmit_only` is false because each track contains receive RF data. The probe geometry is stored at `probe/probe_geometry` with shape `(96, 3)`, one `(x, y, z)` position per receive element in metres. Element dimensions are stored at `probe/element_width` (`0.000245` m) and `probe/element_height` (`0.016` m). Overall probe dimensions are stored in metres as custom fields `probe_overall_width` (`0.02854`) and `probe_overall_height` (`0.016`). The official nominal P4-1 bandwidth is stored in `custom/probe_nominal_bandwidth_lower_frequency` and `custom/probe_nominal_bandwidth_upper_frequency` as 1.0e6–4.0e6 Hz.
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**Current OpenH-RF release:** 500 HDF5 files; 17.03 GB (17,029,267,456 bytes) stored; root `zea_version` **0.1.6**. Sizes include all HDF5 contents and use decimal units (MB = 10^6 bytes, GB = 10^9 bytes, TB = 10^12 bytes), not decoded-array memory or original-source download sizes.
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All 14 renames preserve array values, shapes, dtypes, and existing attributes. Each renamed dataset records its original name in `source_custom_name`. The current release uses the migrated names; older revisions use the original names. The loading helper accepts both; new consumers should use the migrated paths.
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All 500 HDF5 files were checked for the expected zea container structure, 12 ordered and labelled tracks, RF shape `(1, 1, 8446, 96, 1)`, and track-specific pulse metadata. The original submission passed zea 0.1.2 validation. Representative RF traces and pulse waveforms were also compared with their pulse-folder sources with no mismatch.
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## Known Issues
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- The transmit setup is an unfocused plane wave by design: steering angle is zero, no finite focus distance is used (`infinite focus`), transmit delays are zero, and apodization is unity for every transmit element. These are intentional simulation settings rather than missing calibration fields.
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- The HDF5 files store only the official nominal bandwidth endpoints (1.0–4.0 MHz). The measured transfer-function −6 dB bounds (approximately 1.52–3.70 MHz) and corresponding 83.4% fractional bandwidth are documented in this README but are not stored as HDF5 data fields.
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- The simulator is a private, unpublished derivative of the cited simulator; no public software package or Git commit is required to use the released RF data. The internal dataset-generation release label is recorded in the HDF5 metadata and should be used when referring to this generation run.
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The dataset is synthetic, so participant consent, de-identification, and IRB approval are not applicable. The contributors confirm that the simulation code, calibrated inputs, source data, and incorporated assets may be redistributed under the declared CC BY 4.0 license, consistent with the accepted proposal and the steering-group IP policy.
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## Citation
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When using the dataset, cite:
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R. Zorgdrager et al., “Waveform-Specific Performance of Deep Learning-Based Super-Resolution for Ultrasound Contrast Imaging,” *IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control*, 2025. [doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2025.3537298](https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2025.3537298)
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