Application of ShearWave™ Elastography to evaluate heat-induced changes in the Young’s modulus of fresh bovine muscle: a preliminary study
| Autor: | Viviane Bastos de Oliveira, Lucas Lobianco De Matheo, José Francisco Silva Costa-Júnior, Wagner Coelho de Albuquerque Pereira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Materials science
Therapeutic ultrasound medicine.diagnostic_test medicine.medical_treatment 0206 medical engineering Biomedical Engineering Stiffness Modulus Young's modulus 02 engineering and technology 020601 biomedical engineering 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Intensity (physics) 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake 0302 clinical medicine Region of interest medicine symbols Elastography medicine.symptom Elastic modulus Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Research on Biomedical Engineering. 37:157-169 |
| ISSN: | 2446-4740 2446-4732 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the variation in the Young’s modulus (E) of bovine muscle samples as a function of temperature change generated by therapeutic ultrasound using ShearWave™ Elastography. Initially, the bovine muscle was heated via therapeutic ultrasound with a frequency of 3 MHz, nominal intensity of 2 W·cm−2, and application time of 2 min. Immediately following cessation of therapeutic irradiation, an E image was recorded and the stiffness was measured in circular area positioned at six depths (from 0.4 to 2.9 cm) in the center of the region of interest. Next, an E image was recorded every minute for the first 5 min. Over the next 30 min, an image was recorded every 5 min. Finally, an image was acquired 60 min after cessation of therapeutic irradiation. In the second test, the same experimental procedure was performed 60 min later with the physiotherapy equipment configured with a 10-min application time. Finally, during the ultrasonic irradiation of a new bovine muscle sample, the physiotherapeutic transducer was applied in a circular motion and with an angular velocity of 3.6 ± 0.3 rad·s−1. In the first test, the bovine muscle E decreased from 212.2 ± 32.8 to 80.1 ± 13.8 kPa at 0.4-cm depth, as the temperature increased from 18.2 to 44.9 °C. This effect was reversed when the temperature decreased. In the second test, denaturation and cell death occurred, so an artifact appeared in the elastographic image and the ShearWave™ Elastography did not capture the E from the depth of 1.9 cm. We confirmed that it is possible to use ShearWave™ Elastography to investigate heat-induced changes in the elastic modulus of biological tissue. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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