[14p-D311-1~8] 1.6 Ultrasonics

[14p-D311-4] Detection of fibrosis due to kidney failure
using acoustically stimulated electromagnetic method II

〇Tomohiro Inoue¹, Yamato Anazai¹, Takashi Kumamoto¹, Kenji Ikushima¹, Ayumu Tanguchi², Ryoichi Imamura², Norio Nonomura² (1.Tokyo Univ. A&T., 2.Osaka Univ.)

Keywords:Acoustically stimulated electromagnetic, Piezoelectric effect

It is known that a large amount of collagen is produced when an organ such as a kidney or a liver suffers from chronic failure. The purpose of this work is to measure the electric polarization induced by ultrasound waves and to explore the possibility of diagnosing fibrosis in a kidney failure model.
We verified the acoustically induced polarization in a rat model (5/6 nephrectomy chronic kidney failure model) that is close to the actual disease. In this talk, we will report the results in detail.