Arterial elasticity has been proposed as an independent predictor of cardiovascular diseases and mortality. Identification of the different propagating modes in thin shells can be used to characterize the elastic properties. Ultrasound radiation force was used to generate local mechanical waves in the wall of a urethane tube or an excised pig carotid artery. The waves were tracked using pulse-echo ultrasound. A modal analysis using two-dimensional discrete fast Fourier transform was performed on the time–space signal. This allowed the visualization of different modes of propagation and characterization of dispersion curves for both structures. The urethane tube/artery was mounted in a metallic frame, embedded in tissue-mimicking gelatin, cannulated, and pressurized over a range of 10–100 mmHg. The k-space and the dispersion curves of the urethane tube showed one mode of propagation, with no effect of transmural pressure. Fitting of a Lamb wave model estimated Young’s modulus in the urethane tube around 560 kPa. Young’s modulus of the artery ranged from 72 to 134 kPa at 10 and 100 mmHg, respectively. The changes observed in the artery dispersion curves suggest that this methodology of exciting mechanical waves and characterizing the modes of propagation has potential for studying arterial elasticity.
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March 2011
March 09 2011
Material property estimation for tubes and arteries using ultrasound radiation force and analysis of propagating modes
Miguel Bernal;
Miguel Bernal
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Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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Ivan Nenadic;
Ivan Nenadic
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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Matthew W. Urban;
Matthew W. Urban
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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James F. Greenleaf
James F. Greenleaf
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129, 1344–1354 (2011)
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Received:
August 02 2010
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December 13 2010
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Miguel Bernal, Ivan Nenadic, Matthew W. Urban, James F. Greenleaf; Material property estimation for tubes and arteries using ultrasound radiation force and analysis of propagating modes. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 March 2011; 129 (3): 1344–1354. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3533735
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