Kang Kim,William F. Weitzel,Jonathan M. Rubin,Congxian Jia,Matthew ODonnell,Theodore J. Kolias
申请号：
US11866000
公开号：
US08167804B2
申请日:
2007.10.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
An optimized elastic modulus reconstruction procedure can estimate the nonlinear elastic properties of vascular wall from intramural strain and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements. A noninvasive free-hand ultrasound scanning procedure is used to apply external force, comparable to the force in measuring a subjects blood pressure, to achieve higher strains by equalizing the internal arterial baseline pressure. PWV is estimated at the same location where intramural strain is measured. The reconstructed elastic modulus is optimized and the arterial elastic modulus can be determined and monitored using a simple dual elastic modulus reconstruction procedure.
