A method for in-vivo analysis for regional arterial wall material property alterations with atherosclerosis: preliminary results.
Med Eng Phys
; 25(4): 289-98, 2003 May.
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ABSTRACT
Atherosclerosis is a diffuse arterial disease developing over many years and resulting in a complicated three-dimensional arterial morphology. The arterial wall material properties have been demonstrated to show regional alterations with atheroma development and growth. We present a mechanical analysis of diseased arterial segments reconstructed from intravascular ultrasound images in order to quantitatively identify regional alterations in the elastic constants with atherosclerotic lesions. We employ a finite element and a displacement sensitivity analysis to divide the arterial segment into regions with different material properties and use an optimization algorithm to identify the elastic constants in these regions. The results with regional variations identified with this method correlated qualitatively with the extent and location of atherosclerotic lesions identified by visual inspection of the affected arteries. The optimized elastic modulus in regions affected by early atherosclerotic lesions ranged from 90.9 to 93.0 kPa where as the corresponding magnitudes in normal arterial segments ranged from 97.9 to 101.0 kPa. This method can be potentially employed to identify the extent and location of atherosclerotic lesions in a systematic analysis and may potentially be used for the early detection of lesion growth.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Arteriosclerose
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Artérias Carótidas
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Artéria Femoral
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Modelos Cardiovasculares
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Eng Phys
Assunto da revista:
BIOFISICA
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ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM