Ultrasonic Non-Invasive Method for Relative Changes Measurements of Intima-Media Thickness in Artery Walls |
| Z. Trawiński, J. Wójcik, T. Powałowski and P. Gutkiewicz
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Świętokrzyska 21, 00-049 Warsaw, Poland |
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| The aim of this paper is to present the new method for relative changes measurements of intima-media thickness in the common carotid artery wall. The numerical solver was created for calculation of the fields of ultrasonic beams and scattered fields under different boundary conditions and different angles of penetration of ultrasonic beams with respect to the position of the arterial wall. The cylindrical model of the artery was changing the radius and thickness of the wall under cyclic variation of blood pressure. The presented method was verified on a pipe made of latex. The paper describes also the initial results of examinations of the intima-media thickness. The good agreement for the angle dependence and the perpendicular ultrasonic beam displacement from the longitudinal axis of the artery segment between the numerical calculation and experimental results was obtained for different artery diameters. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.114.A-243 PACS numbers: 43.25. Ed, 43.25.Zx, 43.35.Yb, 43.35.Bf, 43.38.Fx, 43.58.Ta, 43.60.Tj |