An optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based air jet indentation system for measuring the mechanical properties of soft tissues

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Huang, Yan Ping ^a   Zheng, Yong Ping ^a   Wang, Shu Zhe ^a   Chen, Zhong Ping ^b   Huang, Qing Hua ^a   He, Yong Hong ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air jet; Elasticity; Indentation; Optical coherence tomography; Soft tissue; Ultrasound indentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; INDENTATION; JETS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICONES; STIFFNESS; TOMOGRAPHY;

AIR JET; DIFFERENT YOUNG'S MODULUS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND INDENTATIONS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

TISSUE;

EID: 63849301728     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/1/015805     Document Type: Article

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