Pulse wave imaging of human abdominal aortas in vivo

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 859-862

  Luo, Jianwen ^a   Lee, Wei Ning ^a   Wang, Shougang ^a   Konofagou, Elisa ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Pulse wave; Pulse wave velocity; Speckle tracking Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC WALLS; BEAM DENSITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HIGH FRAME RATE; HUMAN ABDOMINAL AORTA; IN-VIVO; LOWER CORRELATION; NONUNIFORM; PHASED ARRAYS; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; REGIONAL INFORMATION; SPECKLE TRACKING; SPECKLE TRACKING YOUNG'S MODULUS; TRANSDUCER MOTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING; SPECKLE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 63849129501     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0207     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. K. Wilson, A. Bradbury, M. Whyman, P. Hoskins, A. Lee, G. Fowkes, P. McCollum, and C. V. Ruckley, "Relationship between abdominal aortic aneurysm wall compliance and clinical outcome: A preliminary analysis," Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg., vol. 15 (6), pp. 472-477, 1998. (Pubitemid 28340034)
2. P. J. Brands, J. M. Willigers, L. A. F. Ledoux, R. S. Reneman, and A. P. G. Hoeks, "A noninvasive method to estimate pulse wave velocity in arteries locally by means of ultrasound," Ultrasound Med. Biol., vol. 24 (9), pp. 1325-1335, 1998. (Pubitemid 29003655)
3. A. Eriksson, E. Greiff, T. Loupas, M. Persson, and P. Pesque, "Arterial pulse wave velocity with tissue Doppler imaging," Ultrasound Med. Biol., vol. 28 (5), pp. 571-580, 2002. (Pubitemid 34665415)
4. J. M. Meinders, L. Kornet, P. J. Brands, and A. P. G. Hoeks, "Assessment of local pulse wave velocity in arteries using 2D distension waveforms," Ultrason. Imaging, vol. 23 (4), pp. 199-215, 2001. (Pubitemid 34568614)
5. S. I. Rabben, N. Stergiopulos, L. R. Hellevik, O. A. Smiseth, S. Slordahl, S. Urheim, and B. Angelsen, "An ultrasound-based method for determining pulse-wave velocity in the carotid artery," Eur. Heart J., vol. 23 pp. 611-611, 2002.
6. W. W. Nichols and M. F. O'Rourke, McDonald's blood flow in arteries, 5th ed. New York: Hodder Arnold, 2005.
7. J. Luo, K. Fujikura, L. S. Tyrie, M. D. Tilson III, and E. E. Konofagou, "Pulse Wave Imaging of Normal and Aneurysmal Abdominal Aortas In Vivo," IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, 2008, in press.
8. K. Fujikura, J. Luo, V. Gamarnik, M. Pernot, R. Fukumoto, M. D. Tilson III, and E. E. Konofagou, "A novel, non-invasive technique for pulsewave imaging and characterization of clinically significant vascular mechanical properties in vivo," Ultrason. Imaging, vol. 29 pp. 137-154, 2007. (Pubitemid 350287635)
9. M. Pernot, K. Fujikura, S. D. Fung-Kee-Fung, and E. E. Konofagou, "ECG-gated, mechanical and electromechanical wave imaging of cardiovascular tissues in vivo," Ultrasound Med. Biol., vol. 33 (7), pp. 1075-1085, 2007.
10. S. Wang, W.-N. Lee, J. Provost, J. Luo, and E. E. Konofagou, "A Composite High Frame-Rate System for Clinical Cardiovascular Imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control, vol. 55 (10), pp. 2221-2233, 2008.
11. D. A. Vorp, "Biomechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysm," J. Biomech., vol. 40 (9), pp. 1887-1902, 2007. (Pubitemid 46850732)
12. J. Vappou, J. Luo, and E. E. Konofagou, "Pulse wave imaging (PWI) as a tool for the quantitative assessment of vascular elasticity: Evaluation of a quantitative finite-element model and in-vivo results in human subjects," Presented in 7th Intl. Conf. on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Oct 27-30, 2008, Austin, TX, USA.
13. J. Vappou, I. K. Zervantonakis, J. Luo, and E. E. Konofagou, "Finite element modeling of the pulse wave propagation in the aorta for simulation of the pulse wave imaging (PWI) method," MICCAI Workshop Proc.- Computational Biomechanics for Medicine III, pp. 118-127, 2008.
14. I. K. Zervantonakis, J. Luo, and E. E. Konofagou, "A computational study of regional arterial wall - blood flow interaction with experimental validation using in vivo pulse wave imaging," Presented in 6th Intl. Conf. on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Nov 2- 5, 2007, Santa Fe, NM, USA.