Open AccessRevealing the morphology and function of the cochlea and middle ear with optical coherence tomography
Author(s) -
George W. S. Burwood,
Anders Fridberger,
Ke Wang,
Alfred L. Nuttall
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2019.05.10
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , middle ear , cochlea , tomography , morphology (biology) , medicine , computer science , anatomy , radiology , biology , genetics
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has revolutionized physiological studies of the hearing organ, the vibration and morphology of which can now be measured without opening the surrounding bone. In this review, we provide an overview of OCT as used in the otological research, describing advances and different techniques in vibrometry, angiography, and structural imaging.