TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrasound bladder vibrometry method for measuring viscoelasticity of the bladder wall
AU - Nenadic, Ivan Z.
AU - Qiang, Bo
AU - Urban, Matthew W.
AU - De Araujo Vasconcelo, Luiz Henrique
AU - Nabavizadeh, Alireza
AU - Alizad, Azra
AU - Greenleaf, James F.
AU - Fatemi, Mostafa
PY - 2013/4/21
Y1 - 2013/4/21
N2 - Increase in bladder stiffness could be associated with various pathophysiologic conditions. Measuring bladder viscoelasticity could be an important step towards understanding various disease processes and improving patient care. Here, we introduce ultrasound bladder vibrometry (UBV), a novel method for rapid and noninvasive measurement of bladder wall viscoelasticity. UBV uses acoustic radiation force to excite mechanical waves in the bladder wall and track the motion using ultrasound pulse-echo techniques. Fourier domain analysis of the tissue motion versus time is used to calculate the phase velocity dispersion (change of phase velocity as a function of frequency). The measured phase velocity dispersion is fit with the antisymmetric Lamb wave model to estimate tissue elasticity and viscosity. We used finite element analysis of viscoelastic plate deformation to investigate the effect of curvature on Lamb wave dispersion and showed that the effects of curvature are negligible. The feasibility of the UBV technique was demonstrated in ex vivo and in vivo settings. Elasticity and viscosity of excised pig at various filling volumes (V) and pressures (p) were found to be μ1 = 9.6 kPa and μ2 = 0.2 Pa s (V = 187 ml and p = 8.6 mmHg), μ1 = 48.7 kPa and μ2 = 3.5 Pa s (V = 267 ml and p = 17.6 mmHg), and μ1 = 106.9 kPa and μ2 = 1.5 Pa s (V = 327 ml and p = 27.6 mmHg) respectively. Transabdominal measurements in an anesthetized pig found values of bladder elasticity μ1 = 26.1 kPa and viscosity μ2 = 0.9 Pa s and demonstrate the ability of UBV to perform in vivo measurements. The results presented in this paper introduce a novel technique for measuring mechanical properties of the bladder and lay the foundation for further investigation of the effects of pathology on bladder viscoelasticity.
AB - Increase in bladder stiffness could be associated with various pathophysiologic conditions. Measuring bladder viscoelasticity could be an important step towards understanding various disease processes and improving patient care. Here, we introduce ultrasound bladder vibrometry (UBV), a novel method for rapid and noninvasive measurement of bladder wall viscoelasticity. UBV uses acoustic radiation force to excite mechanical waves in the bladder wall and track the motion using ultrasound pulse-echo techniques. Fourier domain analysis of the tissue motion versus time is used to calculate the phase velocity dispersion (change of phase velocity as a function of frequency). The measured phase velocity dispersion is fit with the antisymmetric Lamb wave model to estimate tissue elasticity and viscosity. We used finite element analysis of viscoelastic plate deformation to investigate the effect of curvature on Lamb wave dispersion and showed that the effects of curvature are negligible. The feasibility of the UBV technique was demonstrated in ex vivo and in vivo settings. Elasticity and viscosity of excised pig at various filling volumes (V) and pressures (p) were found to be μ1 = 9.6 kPa and μ2 = 0.2 Pa s (V = 187 ml and p = 8.6 mmHg), μ1 = 48.7 kPa and μ2 = 3.5 Pa s (V = 267 ml and p = 17.6 mmHg), and μ1 = 106.9 kPa and μ2 = 1.5 Pa s (V = 327 ml and p = 27.6 mmHg) respectively. Transabdominal measurements in an anesthetized pig found values of bladder elasticity μ1 = 26.1 kPa and viscosity μ2 = 0.9 Pa s and demonstrate the ability of UBV to perform in vivo measurements. The results presented in this paper introduce a novel technique for measuring mechanical properties of the bladder and lay the foundation for further investigation of the effects of pathology on bladder viscoelasticity.
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U2 - 10.1088/0031-9155/58/8/2675
DO - 10.1088/0031-9155/58/8/2675
M3 - Article
C2 - 23552842
AN - SCOPUS:84875924272
SN - 0031-9155
VL - 58
SP - 2675
EP - 2695
JO - Physics in medicine and biology
JF - Physics in medicine and biology
IS - 8
ER -