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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2019

Synchrotron-based visualization and segmentation of elastic lamellae in the mouse carotid artery during quasi-static pressure inflation.

Bram Trachet, Mauro Ferraro, Goran Lovric, Lydia Aslanidou, Gerlinde Logghe, Patrick Segers, Nikolaos Stergiopulos

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bram Trachet1 Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland.
Mauro Ferraro1 Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland.
Goran Lovric3 Centre d'Imagerie BioMédicale, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland.
Lydia Aslanidou1 Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland.
Gerlinde Logghe2 IBiTech-bioMMeda , Ghent University, Ghent , Belgium.
Patrick Segers2 IBiTech-bioMMeda , Ghent University, Ghent , Belgium.
Nikolaos Stergiopulos1 Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHGhent University · BEPaul Scherrer Institute · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In computational aortic biomechanics, aortic and arterial tissue are typically modelled as a homogeneous layer, making abstraction not only of the layered structure of intima, media and adventitia but also of the microstructure that exists within these layers. Here, we present a novel method to visualize the microstructure of the tunica media along the entire circumference of the vessel. To that end, we developed a pressure-inflation device that is compatible with synchrotron-based phase-contrast imaging. Using freshly excised left common carotid arteries from n = 12 mice, we visualized how the lamellae and interlamellar layers inflate as the luminal pressure is increased from 0 to 120 mm Hg in quasi-static steps. A graph-based segmentation algorithm subsequently allowed us to automatically segment each of the three lamellae, resulting in a three-dimensional geometry that represents lamellae, interlamellar layers and adventitia at nine different pressure levels. Our results demonstrate that the three elastic lamellae unfold and stretch simultaneously as luminal pressure is increased. In the long term, we believe that the results presented in this work can be a first step towards a better understanding of the mechanics of the arterial microstructure.

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Carotid Artery, CommonModels, CardiovascularSynchrotronsAnimalsBlood PressureMaleMiceMice, Knockout, ApoEVascular Stiffnessaortic lamellaeaortic microstructuremouse models of cardiovascular diseasesynchrotron-based biomechanics

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PMID31238834
PMCPMC6597763
OpenAlexW2953480937

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