Open AccessStrain Imaging of Corneal Tissue With an Ultrasound Elasticity Microscope
Author(s) -
Kyle W. Hollman,
Stanislav Emelianov,
Jason H. Neiss,
Gagik Jotyan,
Gregory J. R. Spooner,
Tibor Juhász,
Ron M. Kurtz,
Matthew O’Donnell
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
cornea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.274
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1536-4798
pISSN - 0277-3740
DOI - 10.1097/00003226-200201000-00015
Subject(s) - elasticity (physics) , materials science , ultrasound , microscope , cornea , biomedical engineering , microscopy , optics , ultrasonic sensor , composite material , medicine , radiology , physics
We hypothesize that high-resolution elasticity measurements can guide corrective refractive surgery of the cornea. Elasticity measurements would improve surgical outcomes by adding biomechanical information not used in existing clinical nomograms. As an initial investigation, we determined the usefulness and evaluated the ability of our ultrasound elasticity microscope by measuring strain ex vivo in an intact porcine eye globe.