Small intestine wall distribution of elastic stiffness measured with 500 MHz scanning acoustic microscopy.

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Obtaining data relating intestinal mechanical properties and histology is a step towards the next level in the hierarchy of structure of living tissue, and may provide new insight into the mechanisms of intestinal function and disease such as obstruction. Due to lack of methodology, however, such data are currently sparse. Scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) can measure the propagation speed of sound (C) and the acoustic impedance (Z) with micrometer resolution in tissue. By use of elementary ...

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Authors: Jørgensen, C; Assentoft, J; Knauss, D; Gregersen, H; Briggs, G

• Publication status: Published
• Host title: Annals of biomedical engineering
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1059-1063
• Publication date: 2001-12-01
• Event location: United States
• DOI: 10.1114/1.1424920
• EISSN: 1573-9686
• ISSN: 0090-6964
• Keywords: Ileum; Animals; Elasticity; Organelles; Acoustics; Male; Stress, Mechanical; Feasibility Studies; Microscopy; Intestinal Mucosa; Muscle, Smooth; Guinea Pigs; Sensitivity and Specificity; Reproducibility of Results; Radio Waves