A review of optical coherence elastography: Fundamentals, techniques and prospects

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kennedy, Brendan Francis ^a   Kennedy, Kelsey Marie ^a   Sampson, David Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

elastography; mechanical properties; optical coherence elastography; optical coherence tomography; Tissue mechanics

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL CONDITIONS; DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE ELASTOGRAPHY; TISSUE MECHANICS; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 84893045760     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2291445     Document Type: Review

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