Backscatter directivity and integrated backscatter power of arterial tissue
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A 27 MHz transducer, mounted on an ultrasonic microscope, was used to quantify the dependence of backscatter power on the angle of incidence of arterial vessels. Due to variations in the angle of incidence significant variations in backscatter power were found in the intima, the muscular and elastic media, the adventitia and the external elastic lamina. The muscular and the elastic media show anisotropic behaviour in their angle dependence, i.e. the extent of the angle dependence depends on the direction of angle variation. This anisotropic nature is probably caused by the dominant orientation of smooth muscle cells or elastin fibers in these tissue layers. Measurements on 13 specimens of the iliac artery showed that each tissue type of the vessel has its own specific angle dependent behaviour. In the future this property might be used for quantitative tissue characterization.
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TNO Identifier
231419
ISSN
0167-9899
Source
International Journal of Cardiac Imaging, 6(3-4), pp. 265-275.
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Collation
11 p.
Place of publication
Deventer
Pages
265-275
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