Title :
Imaging of visceral fat in living rabbit by using detection of ultrasonic velocity change
Author :
Horinaka, H. ; Matsunaka, T. ; Ohara, Y. ; Maeda, Y. ; Izukawa, Y. ; Mano, K. ; Matsuyama, T. ; Wada, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan
Abstract :
Development of the noninvasive imaging equipment for the diagnosis of visceral fat in the early stage has been eagerly anticipated. The ultrasonic velocity-change imaging method was applied to living rabbits fed on the standard diet and that on the high fat diet. Experimental results show that the ultrasonic velocity-change images give the information about the fat accumulation level in liver of rabbit. The ultrasonic velocity-change imaging method has possible application to the diagnosis of fatty liver in a living human body.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical ultrasonics; fats; liver; ultrasonic velocity; fat accumulation level; fatty liver diagnosis; high fat diet; living human body; living rabbit; noninvasive imaging equipment; rabbit liver; standard diet; ultrasonic velocity change detection; ultrasonic velocity-change imaging method; visceral fat diagnosis; visceral fat imaging; Acoustics; Imaging; Liver; Rabbits; Radiation effects; Radio frequency; Standards; fat distribution; fatty lever; medical diagnosis; tissue characterization; ultrasonic velocity;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1253-1
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0335
