Tactile Mapping System
Tactile Mapping System
复制标题
触觉测绘系统
作者:
Tomonori Oie;Hisato Suzuki;T. Fukuda;Y. Murayama;S. Omata;K. Kanda;Y. Nakayama
Objective We demonstrated that the tactile mapping system (TMS) has a high degree of spatial precision in the distribution mapping of surface elasticity of tissues or organs. Methods Samples used were a circumferential section of a small-caliber porcine artery (diameter: ~3 mm) and an elasticity test pattern with a line and space configuration for the distribution mapping of elasticity, prepared by regional micropatterning of a 14-μm thick gelatin hydrogel coating on a polyurethane sheet. Surface topography and elasticity in normal saline were simultaneously investigated by TMS using a probe with a diameter of 5 or 12 μm, a spatial interval of 1 to 5 μm, and an indentation depth of 4 μm. Results In the test pattern, a spatial resolution in TMS of <5 μm was acquired under water with a minimal probe diameter and spatial interval of the probe movement. TMS was used for the distribution mapping of surface elasticity in a flat, circumferential section (thickness: ~0.5 mm) of a porcine artery, and the concentric layers of the vascular wall, including the collagen-rich and elastin-rich layers, could be clearly differentiated in terms of surface elasticity at the spatial resolution of <2 μm. Conclusions TMS is a simple and inexpensive technique for the distribution mapping of the surface elasticity in vascular tissues at the spatial resolution <2 μm. TMS has the ability to analyze a complex structure of the tissue samples under normal saline.
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Aikaterini Zoumi;Xiao Lu;G. Kassab;B. Tromberg
通讯作者:
Aikaterini Zoumi;Xiao Lu;G. Kassab;B. Tromberg
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-59745-443-8_18
发表时间:
2007
期刊:
Methods in molecular medicine
影响因子:
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作者:
D. Schmidt;A. Mol;J. Kelm;S. Hoerstrup
通讯作者:
D. Schmidt;A. Mol;J. Kelm;S. Hoerstrup