Walled Carotid Bifurcation Phantoms for Imaging Investigations of Vessel Wall Motion and Blood Flow Dynamics

• Published in: IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control Vol. 63; no. 11; pp. 1852 - 1864
• Main Authors: Chee, Adrian J. Y., Chung Kit Ho, Yiu, Billy Y. S., Yu, Alfred C. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.11.2016; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Bifurcation; Bifurcations; Blood flow; Blood flow dynamics; Blood vessels; CAD; Carotid arteries; carotid bifurcation phantom; Computer aided design; Dynamics; Fluid-structure interaction; Gelatin; Geometry; Imaging; Imaging phantoms; integrative imaging; Investment casting; Phantoms; Plane waves; Polyvinyl alcohol; Pulse propagation; Solid modeling; Three dimensional printing; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic scanners; Veins & arteries; vessel wall motion; Wave propagation; Wave velocity

As a major application domain of vascular ultrasound, the carotid artery has long been the subject of anthropomorphic phantom design. It is nevertheless not trivial to develop walled carotid phantoms that are compatible for use in integrative imaging of carotid wall motion and flow dynamics. In this...