Feature Of The Week 09/10/2017: Thermo-elastic Optical Coherence Tomography
The conventional OCT image contrast is derived from elastic scattering, and shows the internal structure of the sample. The determination of the tissue type in OCT images usually depends on the interpretation by the image reader. More accurate tissue type contrast may be achieved by new OCT-based imaging modalities, with sensitivity to other physical parameters than scattering alone. Phase-sensitive OCT can detect tissue motion on nanometer-to- micrometer length scales using the phase of the OCT signal. Depending on the nature of the excitation, different functional images can be reconstructed: a mechanical stimulus yields images of tissue elasticity (optical coherence elastography ...
