Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence elastography
Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence elastography
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DOI:
10.1364/ol.41.000021
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发表时间:
2016-01-01
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3.6
通讯作者:
Sampson, David D.
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作者:
Curatolo, Andrea;Villiger, Martin;Sampson, David D.
Visualizing stiffness within the local tissue environment at the cellular and subcellular level promises to provide insight into the genesis and progression of disease. In this Letter, we propose ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence elastography (UHROCE), and demonstrate 3D imaging of local axial strain of tissues undergoing compressive loading. We combine optical coherence microscopy (OCM) and phase-sensitive detection of local tissue displacement to produce strain elastograms with resolution (x,y,z) of 2 x 2 x 15 mu m. We demonstrate this performance on a freshly excised mouse aorta and reveal the mechanical heterogeneity of vascular smooth muscle cells and elastin sheets, otherwise unresolved in a typical, lower resolution optical coherence elastography (OCE) system. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America