Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Measurement of the Relative Volume Change of the Arterial Wall - First in vivo trial

Summary, in English

The objective of this study was to show a method that combine non-invasive measurements of the relative diameter change, the radial and the longitudinal strain of the intima-media complex of arterial walls, respectively, to obtain total change in arterial wall volume for a segment of the common carotid artery. The method was evaluated in a limited trial in vivo, comprising five normotensive subjects. Compared to the volume at end-diastole, the average maximum increase in arterial wall volume during each cardiac cycle was 3.2 % (SD 1.8). The aver-age maximum decrease of the arterial wall volume was -5.7 % (SD 3.5). This provides a new way of examining and quantifying the elastic properties of arterial walls.

• Author: Hannes Mogensen; Tomas Jansson; Kjell Lindström; Hans W Persson; Magnus Cinthio; Åsa Rydén Ahlgren
• Department/s: Department of Biomedical Engineering; Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Malmö
• Publishing year: 2008
• Language: English
• Pages: 856-858
• Publication/Series: 2008 IEEE Ultrasonics symposium, vols 1-4 and appendix
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Topic: Medical Engineering
• Keywords: volumetric strain; non-invasive ultrasound; longitudinal strain; arterial stiffness; intima-media compression; carotid artery
• Conference name: IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2008
• Conference date: 2008-11-02 - 2008-11-05
• Conference place: Beijing, China
• Status: Published
• Research group: Clinical Physiology, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1051-0117