Evaluating elastic properties of heterogeneous soft tissue by surface acoustic waves detected by phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Li, Chunhui ^a,b   Guan, Guangying ^a,b   Li, Sinan ^b   Huang, Zhihong ^b   Wang, Ruikang K ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Phase velocity; Phase sensitive optical coherence tomography; Skin disease; Surface acoustic waves

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST; CHICKEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BREAST; CHICKENS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84866788263     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.5.057002     Document Type: Article

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