論文

査読有り 筆頭著者
2017年11月

VECTOR FLOW VISUALIZATION OF URINARY FLOW DYNAMICS IN A BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION MODEL

ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
  • Takuro Ishii
  • ,
  • Billy Y. S. Yiu
  • ,
  • Alfred C. H. Yu

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開始ページ
2601
終了ページ
2610
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.07.006
出版者・発行元
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

Voiding dysfunction that results from bladder outlet (BO) obstruction is known to alter significantly the dynamics of urine passage through the urinary tract. To non-invasively image this phenomenon on a time-resolved basis, we pursued the first application of a recently developed flow visualization technique called vector projectile imaging (VPI) that can track the spatiotemporal dynamics of flow vector fields at a frame rate of 10,000 fps (based on plane wave excitation and least-squares Doppler vector estimation principles). For this investigation, we designed a new anthropomorphic urethral tract phantom to reconstruct urinary flow dynamics under controlled conditions (300 mm H2O inlet pressure and atmospheric outlet pressure). Both a normal model and a diseased model with BO obstruction were developed for experimentation. VPI cine loops were derived from these urinary flow phantoms. Results show that VPI is capable of depicting differences in the flow dynamics of normal and diseased urinary tracts. In the case with BO obstruction, VPI depicted the presence of BO flow jet and vortices in the prostatic urethra. The corresponding spatial-maximum flow velocity magnitude was estimated to be 2.43 m/s, and it is significantly faster than that for the normal model (1.52 m/s) and is in line with values derived from computational fluid dynamics simulations. Overall, this investigation demonstrates the feasibility of using vector flow visualization techniques to non-invasively examine internal flow characteristics related to voiding dysfunction in the urethral tract. (C) 2017 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.07.006
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000414739700012&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.07.006
  • ISSN : 0301-5629
  • eISSN : 1879-291X
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000414739700012

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