Audio frequency in vivo optical coherence elastography

S.G. Adie, Brendan Kennedy, Julian Armstrong, Sergey Alexandrov, David Sampson

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    Abstract

    We present a new approach to optical coherence elastography (OCE), which probes the local elastic properties of tissue by using optical coherence tomography to measure the effect of an applied stimulus in the audio frequency range. We describe the approach, based on analysis of the Bessel frequency spectrum of the interferometric signal detected from scatterers undergoing periodic motion in response to an applied stimulus. We present quantitative results of sub-micron excitation at 820 Hz in a layered phantom and the first such measurements in human skin in vivo.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3129-3139
    JournalPhysics in Medicine and Biology
    Volume54
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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