Non-invasive measurements of longitudinal strain of the arterial wall

Summary, in English

We have recently shown that there is a previous unknown longitudinal movement present in the arterial wall. The aim is now to investigate whether the longitudinal movement is associated with longitudinal strain of the arterial wall. The objective of this paper was to describe a new non-invasive ultrasonic technique that measures the longitudinal strain of arteries in human in-vivo. Results indicate that a longitudinal strain is present in the common carotid artery.

• Author: Magnus Cinthio; Tomas Jansson; Hans W Persson; Kjell Lindström; Åsa Rydén Ahlgren
• Department/s: Department of Biomedical Engineering; Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Malmö
• Publishing year: 2007
• Language: English
• Pages: 570-572
• Publication/Series: Ultrasonics Symposium, 2007. IEEE, vols 1-6
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.148
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Topic: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
• Keywords: arterial wall movements; carotid artery; vascular mechanics; ultrasound; vascular
• Conference name: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2007
• Conference date: 2007-10-28 - 2007-10-31
• Conference place: New York, United States
• Status: Published
• Research group: Clinical Physiology, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1051-0117; ISBN: 978-1-4244-1384-3