The assessment of viscoelastic properties of soft tissues is enjoying a growing interest in the field of medical imaging as pathologies are often correlated with a local change of stiffness. To date, advanced techniques in that field have been concentrating on the estimation of the second order elastic modulus . In this paper, the nonlinear behavior of quasi-incompressible soft solids is investigated using the supersonic shear imaging technique based on the remote generation of polarized plane shear waves in tissues induced by the acoustic radiation force. Applying a theoretical approach of the strain energy in soft solid [Hamilton et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116, 41–44 (2004)], it is shown that the well-known acoustoelasticity experiment allowing the recovery of higher order elastic moduli can be greatly simplified. Experimentally, it requires measurements of the local speed of polarized plane shear waves in a statically and uniaxially stressed isotropic medium. These shear wave speed estimates are obtained by imaging the shear wave propagation in soft media with an ultrafast echographic scanner. In this situation, the uniaxial static stress induces anisotropy due to the nonlinear effects and results in a change of shear wave speed. Then the third order elastic modulus is measured in agar-gelatin-based phantoms and polyvinyl alcohol based phantoms.
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December 01 2007
Acoustoelasticity in soft solids: Assessment of the nonlinear shear modulus with the acoustic radiation force
J.-L. Gennisson;
J.-L. Gennisson
a)
Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM,
Université Paris VII
, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
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M. Rénier;
M. Rénier
Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM,
Université Paris VII
, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
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S. Catheline;
S. Catheline
Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM,
Université Paris VII
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C. Barrière;
C. Barrière
Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM,
Université Paris VII
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J. Bercoff;
J. Bercoff
Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM,
Université Paris VII
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M. Tanter;
M. Tanter
Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM,
Université Paris VII
, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
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M. Fink
M. Fink
Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM,
Université Paris VII
, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, 3211–3219 (2007)
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Received:
July 04 2007
Accepted:
August 29 2007
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J.-L. Gennisson, M. Rénier, S. Catheline, C. Barrière, J. Bercoff, M. Tanter, M. Fink; Acoustoelasticity in soft solids: Assessment of the nonlinear shear modulus with the acoustic radiation force. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 December 2007; 122 (6): 3211–3219. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2793605
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