In silico ultrasound phantoms for mimicking the proper volar forefinger artery

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These ultrasound numerical phantoms mimic the systolic-diastolic cycle of the proper forefinger artery. The phantoms are used for validating and comparing a method for assessing the vibration-altered wall shear stress in the digital arteries. These in silico B-mode cineloops are intended to define a reference case for testing our method.

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B-mode imaging is computed with FIELD II and FOCUS ultrasound simulations programs. The artery geometry, used for working out the B-mode simulations, comes from segmented MRI images carried out on a volunteer. The walls artery displacements are simulated by a full fluid structure interaction model taking into account the blood, the artery and the surounding soft tissues.

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