TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical coherence elastography for tissue characterization
T2 - A review
AU - Wang, Shang
AU - Larin, Kirill V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Optical coherence elastography (OCE) represents the frontier of optical elasticity imaging techniques and focuses on the micro-scale assessment of tissue biomechanics in 3D that is hard to achieve with traditional elastographic methods. Benefit from the advancement of optical coherence tomography, and driven by the increasing requirements in nondestructive biomechanical characterization, this emerging technique recently has experienced a rapid development. In this paper, we start with the description of the mechanical contrast that has been employed by OCE and review the state-of-the-art techniques based on the reported applications and discuss the current technical challenges, emphasizing the unique role of OCE in tissue mechanical characterization. The position of OCE among other elastography techniques. Optical coherence elastography (OCE) is an emerging 3D nondestructive biomechanical imaging technique that has recently experienced a rapid development. In this paper, the mechanical contrast employed by OCE is described, the state-of-the-art OCE techniques are reviewed from the application point of view, and the current challenges and potential solutions are discussed. Throughout this review, the unique role of OCE for the mechanical characterization of tissue are emphasized and highlighted.
AB - Optical coherence elastography (OCE) represents the frontier of optical elasticity imaging techniques and focuses on the micro-scale assessment of tissue biomechanics in 3D that is hard to achieve with traditional elastographic methods. Benefit from the advancement of optical coherence tomography, and driven by the increasing requirements in nondestructive biomechanical characterization, this emerging technique recently has experienced a rapid development. In this paper, we start with the description of the mechanical contrast that has been employed by OCE and review the state-of-the-art techniques based on the reported applications and discuss the current technical challenges, emphasizing the unique role of OCE in tissue mechanical characterization. The position of OCE among other elastography techniques. Optical coherence elastography (OCE) is an emerging 3D nondestructive biomechanical imaging technique that has recently experienced a rapid development. In this paper, the mechanical contrast employed by OCE is described, the state-of-the-art OCE techniques are reviewed from the application point of view, and the current challenges and potential solutions are discussed. Throughout this review, the unique role of OCE for the mechanical characterization of tissue are emphasized and highlighted.
KW - Biomechanics
KW - Elastic wave
KW - Natural frequency
KW - Optical coherence elastography
KW - Optical coherence tomography
KW - Strain
KW - Tissue characterization
KW - Young's modulus
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U2 - 10.1002/jbio.201400108
DO - 10.1002/jbio.201400108
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25412100
AN - SCOPUS:84961329696
SN - 1864-063X
VL - 8
SP - 279
EP - 302
JO - Journal of Biophotonics
JF - Journal of Biophotonics
IS - 4
ER -