Abstract
Objectives: Strain rate imaging (SRI) enables study of deformation in soft tissues. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of SRI in measuring strain in the porcine antral wall in vitro.Methods: An experimental set-up enabled controlled distension of a porcine stomach in a saline reservoir. Radial strain obtained by SRI was compared with radial strain calculated from B-mode ultrasonography. Circumferential strain obtained by SRI was compared with circumferential strain calculated from sonomicrometry.Results: The agreement between radial strain values measured by SRI and B-mode, along and across several ultrasound beams, using US frequency 6.7 MHz and strain length (SL) = 1.9 mm was = -1.0 ± 12.1% and 0.5 ± 13.4%, respectively (mean difference ± 2SD%) and it was better than with SL 1.2 mm. Compared with sonomicrometry, SRI-determined circumferential strain using 6.7 MHz and SL = 1.9 mm was less accurate, whether averaging along or across several US beams (-9.2 ± 46.7% and 13.8 ± 51.2%, respectively).Conclusions: SRI gave accurate measurement of radial strain of the antral wall, but seemed to be less accurate for measurement of circumferential strain in vitro. Objectives: Strain rate imaging (SRI) enables study of deformation in soft tissues. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of SRI in measuring strain in the porcine antral wall in vitro. Methods: An experimental set-up enabled controlled distension of a porcine stomach in a saline reservoir. Radial strain obtained by SRI was compared with radial strain calculated from B-mode ultrasonography. Circumferential strain obtained by SRI was compared with circumferential strain calculated from sonomicrometry. Results: The agreement between radial strain values measured by SRI and B-mode, along and across several ultrasound beams, using US frequency 6.7 MHz and strain length (SL) = 1.9 mm was = -1.0 ± 12.1% and 0.5 ± 13.4%, respectively (mean difference ± 2SD%) and it was better than with SL 1.2 mm. Compared with sonomicrometry, SRI-determined circumferential strain using 6.7 MHz and SL = 1.9 mm was less accurate, whether averaging along or across several US beams (-9.2 ± 46.7% and 13.8 ± 51.2%, respectively). Conclusions: SRI gave accurate measurement of radial strain of the antral wall, but seemed to be less accurate for measurement of circumferential strain in vitro.
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