Elastic stiffness coefficients (c11, C33, and C13) for freshly excised and formalin-fixed myocardium from ultrasonic velocity measurements.
The goal of this study was to measure elastic stiffness coefficients of freshly excised and subsequently formalin-fixed myocardial tissue. Our approach was to measure the angle-dependent phase velocities associated with the propagation of a longitudinal ultrasonic wave (3-8 MHz) in ovine myocardium using phase spectroscopy techniques and to interpret the results in the context of orthotropic and transversely isotropic models describing the elastic properties of myocardium. The phase velocity results together with density measurements were used to obtain the elastic stiffness coefficients c11, c33, and c13 for both symmetries. The results for the elastic stiffness coefficients c11, c33, and c13 are the same for both symmetries. Measurements for freshly excised myocardium and the same tissue after a period of formalin fixation were compared to examine the impact of fixation on the elastic stiffness coefficients.
Yang
Min
M
Department of Physics, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1105, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.
Baldwin
Steven L
SL
Marutyan
Karen R
KR
Wallace
Kirk D
KD
Holland
Mark R
MR
Miller
James G
JG
D000818:Animals; D004452:Echocardiography; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D005404:Fixatives; D005557:Formaldehyde; D008954:Models, Biological; D009206:Myocardium; D012756:Sheep; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods; D016707:Tissue Fixation; D014465:Ultrasonics
D005404:Fixatives; D005557:Formaldehyde