TY - JOUR
T1 - Acoustical imaging and processing of blood vessel and the related materials using ultrasound doppler effect
AU - Yokobori, A. Toshimitsu
AU - Ohkuma, T.
AU - Yoshinari, H.
AU - Yokobori, T.
AU - Ohuchi, H.
AU - Mori, S.
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PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - In the present paper a method is proposed to measure the degree of the degradation of the elasticity in natural blood vessel and the related materials by using ultrasound Doppler effect. It was found that the deformation rate and its acceleration in the radial direction of the blood vessel can be detected by acoustical imaging and processing using this method. These results were proven to correspond to the degree of the degradation of the elasticity, that is, the degree of viscoelasticity in the blood vessel from the wave versus time pattern detected and its simple analysis. This method was applied to predicting the arteriosclerosis of blood vessels of humans by acoustical imaging and processing uninvadedly, as the characteristics of viscoelasticity in blood vessels.
AB - In the present paper a method is proposed to measure the degree of the degradation of the elasticity in natural blood vessel and the related materials by using ultrasound Doppler effect. It was found that the deformation rate and its acceleration in the radial direction of the blood vessel can be detected by acoustical imaging and processing using this method. These results were proven to correspond to the degree of the degradation of the elasticity, that is, the degree of viscoelasticity in the blood vessel from the wave versus time pattern detected and its simple analysis. This method was applied to predicting the arteriosclerosis of blood vessels of humans by acoustical imaging and processing uninvadedly, as the characteristics of viscoelasticity in blood vessels.
KW - Aneurism
KW - Arteriosclerosis
KW - Diagnosing method
KW - Imaging and processing
KW - Mechanical degradation of the artery
KW - Ultrasound doppler effect
KW - Viscoelasticity
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U2 - 10.3233/BME-1991-1205
DO - 10.3233/BME-1991-1205
M3 - Article
C2 - 1364631
AN - SCOPUS:0026360843
VL - 1
SP - 127
EP - 136
JO - Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering
JF - Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering
SN - 0959-2989
IS - 2
ER -