Quantitative shear-wave optical coherence elastography with a programmable phased array ultrasound as the wave source

Shaozhen Song, Nhan Minh Le, Zhihong Huang, Tueng Shen, Ruikang K. Wang (Lead / Corresponding author)

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    Abstract

    The purpose of this study is to implement a beam-steering ultrasound as the wave source for shear-wave optical coherence elastography (SW-OCE) to achieve an extended range of elastic imaging of the tissue sample. We introduce a linear phased array ultrasound transducer (LPAUT) as the remote and programmable wave source and a phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) as the sensitive shear-wave detector. The LPAUT is programmed to launch acoustic radiation force impulses (ARFI) focused at desired locations within the range of OCT imaging, upon which the elasticity map of the entire OCT B-scan cross section is recovered by spatial compounding of the elastic maps derived from each launch of AFRIs. We also propose a directional filter to separate the shear-wave propagation at different directions in order to reduce the effect of tissue heterogeneity on the shear-wave propagation within tissue. The feasibility of this proposed approach is then demonstrated by determining the stiffness of tissue-mimicking phantoms with agarose concentrations of 0.5% and 1% and also by imaging the Young's modulus of retinal and choroidal tissues within a porcine eye ball ex vivo. The approach opens up opportunities to combine medical ultrasound imaging and SW-OCE for high-resolution localized quantitative assessment of tissue biomechanical property.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5007-5010
    Number of pages4
    JournalOptics Letters
    Volume40
    Issue number21
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 26 Oct 2015

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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