We have developed a mechano-imaging pipeline to study the heterogeneous structural and mechanical atherosclerotic plaque properties. This pipeline enables correlation of the local predominant angle and dispersion of collagen fiber orientation, the rupture behavior, and the strain fingerprints of the fibrous plaque tissue.
Crielaard, H., Guvenir Torun, S., Wissing, T. B., de Miguel Muñoz, P., Kremers, G., Gijsen, F. J. H., Van Der Heiden, K., Akyildiz, A. C. A Method to Study the Correlation Between Local Collagen Structure and Mechanical Properties of Atherosclerotic Plaque Fibrous Tissue. J. Vis. Exp. (189), e64334, doi:10.3791/64334 (2022).