Phase-resolved acoustic radiation force optical coherence elastography

J Biomed Opt. 2012 Nov;17(11):110505. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.11.110505.

Abstract

Many diseases involve changes in the biomechanical properties of tissue, and there is a close correlation between tissue elasticity and pathology. We report on the development of a phase-resolved acoustic radiation force optical coherence elastography method (ARF-OCE) to evaluate the elastic properties of tissue. This method utilizes chirped acoustic radiation force to produce excitation along the sample's axial direction, and it uses phase-resolved optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure the vibration of the sample. Under 500-Hz square wave modulated ARF signal excitation, phase change maps of tissue mimicking phantoms are generated by the ARF-OCE method, and the resulting Young's modulus ratio is correlated with a standard compression test. The results verify that this technique could efficiently measure sample elastic properties accurately and quantitatively. Furthermore, a three-dimensional ARF-OCE image of the human atherosclerotic coronary artery is obtained. The result indicates that our dynamic phase-resolved ARF-OCE method can delineate tissues with different mechanical properties.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Coronary Artery Disease / pathology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology
  • Coronary Vessels / physiopathology
  • Elastic Modulus
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques / instrumentation
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques / methods*
  • Humans
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Photoacoustic Techniques / instrumentation
  • Photoacoustic Techniques / methods*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / instrumentation
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*