TY - GEN
T1 - Blood pulse wave velocity measured by photoacoustic microscopy
AU - Yeh, Chenghung
AU - Hu, Song
AU - Maslov, Konstantin
AU - Wang, Lihong V.
PY - 2013/3/4
Y1 - 2013/3/4
N2 - Blood pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an important indicator for vascular stiffness. In this letter, we present electrocardiogram-synchronized photoacoustic microscopy for in vivo noninvasive quantification of the PWV in the peripheral vessels of mice. Interestingly, strong correlation between blood flow speed and ECG were clearly observed in arteries but not in veins. PWV is measured by the pulse travel time and the distance between two spot of a chose vessel, where simultaneously recorded electrocardiograms served as references. Statistical analysis shows a linear correlation between the PWV and the vessel diameter, which agrees with known physiology. Keywords: photoacoustic microscopy, photoacoustic spectroscopy, bilirubin, scattering medium.
AB - Blood pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an important indicator for vascular stiffness. In this letter, we present electrocardiogram-synchronized photoacoustic microscopy for in vivo noninvasive quantification of the PWV in the peripheral vessels of mice. Interestingly, strong correlation between blood flow speed and ECG were clearly observed in arteries but not in veins. PWV is measured by the pulse travel time and the distance between two spot of a chose vessel, where simultaneously recorded electrocardiograms served as references. Statistical analysis shows a linear correlation between the PWV and the vessel diameter, which agrees with known physiology. Keywords: photoacoustic microscopy, photoacoustic spectroscopy, bilirubin, scattering medium.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84878090500
U2 - 10.1117/12.2004232
DO - 10.1117/12.2004232
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84878090500
SN - 9780819493507
T3 - Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
BT - Photons Plus Ultrasound
PB - SPIE
T2 - Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2013
Y2 - 3 February 2013 through 5 February 2013
ER -