Contrast-enhanced plane-wave ultrasound imaging of the rat eye

被引:6
作者
Urs, Raksha [1 ]
Ketterling, Jeffrey A. [2 ]
Tezel, Gulgun [1 ]
Silverman, Ronald H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Irving Med Ctr, Dept Ophthalmol, 635 W 165th St,Room 711, New York, NY 10032 USA
[2] FL Lizzi Ctr Bioengn Riverside Res, New York, NY USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Ultrasound; Contrast agent; Plane-wave; Microbubble; Ocular blood flow; Rat eye; OPTIC-NERVE; MICROVASCULATURE; MODEL; FLOW;
D O I
10.1016/j.exer.2020.107986
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
Preclinical imaging, especially of rodent models, plays a major role in experimental ophthalmology. Our aim was to determine if ultrasound can be used to visualize and measure flow dynamics in the retrobulbar vessels supplying and draining the eye and the potential of contrast microbubbles to provide image and measurement enhancement. To accomplish this, we used a 128-element, 18 MHz linear array ultrasound probe and performed plane-wave imaging of the eyes of Sprague Dawley rats. Compound images were acquired by emitting unfocused wavefronts at multiple angles and combining echo data from all angles to form individual B-scans. Multiple imaging sequences were utilized, compounding up to six angles, with imaging rate of up to 3000 compound B-scans per second and sequence durations from 1.5 to 180 s. Data were acquired before and after intravenous introduction of contrast microbubbles. We found the total power of the Doppler signal in the image plane to increase approximately 20 fold after injection of contrast, followed by an exponential decay to baseline in about 90 s, The best-fit time constant of the decay averaged 41 s. While major vessels and the retinal/choroidal complex were evident pre-contrast, they were dramatically enhanced with contrast present, with details such as choroidal arterioles seen only with contrast. Ocular arteriovenous transit time determined from comparative enhancement curves in arteries and veins was approximately 0.2 s. In conclusion, plane wave ultrasound, especially with enhancement by contrast microbubbles, offers a means for the study of ocular hemodynamics using the rat eye as a model.
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