Ultrasonic elastography of porcine coronaries

Coronary heart diseases are a significant cause of
death among both men and women in the industrialized
world. Thus finding ways to detect factors, which
cause coronary heart diseases, is a worthy challenge
for researchers. Ultrasound elastography system
(50MHz) for measuring mechanical properties of
arteries was developed as part of this thesis.
Ability to discriminate between various tissue types
was demonstrated using fresh and modified porcine
coronary arteries, which closely models the plaque
in human atherosclerosis. Elastographic measurements
agreed well with uniaxial mechanical testing over a
range of compression moduli.