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Optical coherence elastography for tissue characterization: a review
Author(s) -
Wang Shang,
Larin Kirill V.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of biophotonics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1864-0648
pISSN - 1864-063X
DOI - 10.1002/jbio.201400108
Subject(s) - elastography , optical coherence tomography , characterization (materials science) , computer science , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , elasticity (physics) , biomedical engineering , position (finance) , materials science , optics , nanotechnology , acoustics , physics , medicine , ultrasound , quantum mechanics , composite material , finance , economics
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.