Ultrasound elasticity measurements of beef muscle

Author

Chen, Eric J. ; Novakofski, Jan ; Jenkins, Kenneth ; O´Brien, W.D.

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

Oct. 31 1994-Nov. 3 1994

Firstpage

1459

Abstract

The goal of this work is to provide a quantitative comparison between ultrasound and mechanical techniques for measuring tissue elasticity. The biomechanical response of beef muscle and tissue mimicking gel to uniaxial compression are characterized with ultrasound derived stress-strain curves. Ultrasound estimates of the Young´s modulus of elasticity for samples are computed from the slope of the initial linear region of sample stress-strain curves. Elasticity of tissue samples was independently determined from force-deformation measurements made with an Instron universal testing load cell device. Results from in vitro ultrasound elasticity measurements of beef muscle are presented. Ultrasonic elasticity measurements showed an overall 0.72 correlation with load cell measurements for tissue strains less than 2%. To our knowledge, these are the first reported comparisons between ultrasound tissue elasticity measurements and independent mechanical elasticity measurements

Keywords

Young´s modulus; bioacoustics; biological techniques; biomechanics; biomedical ultrasonics; muscle; stress-strain relations; Instron universal testing load cell device; Young´s modulus; beef muscle; biomechanical response; force-deformation measurements; load cell measurements; mechanical techniques; tissue elasticity; tissue mimicking gel; tissue strains; ultrasonic elasticity measurements; ultrasound derived stress-strain curves; ultrasound elasticity measurements; uniaxial compression; Animals; Biomechanics; Biomedical acoustic imaging; Biomedical acoustics; Mechanical factors; Muscles; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Cannes, France

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2012-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.1994.401867

Filename

401867