Optical coherence elastography (OCE), as the use of OCT to perform elastography has
come to be known, began in 1998, around ten years after the rest of the field of elastography …

Optical elastography, the use of optics to characterize and map the mechanical properties of
biological tissue, involves measuring the deformation of tissue in response to a load. Such …

Quantitative map** of deformation and elasticity in optical coherence tomography has
attracted much attention of researchers during the last two decades. However, despite …

Optical coherence elastography (OCE) can provide clinically valuable information based on
local measurements of tissue stiffness. Improved light sources and scanning methods in …

The extracellular matrix (ECM) performs many critical functions, one of which is to provide
structural and mechanical integrity, and many of the constituent proteins have clear …

Optical coherence elastography (OCE) represents the frontier of optical elasticity imaging
techniques and focuses on the micro‐scale assessment of tissue biomechanics in 3D that is …

Probing the mechanical properties of tissue on the microscale could aid in the identification
of diseased tissues that are inadequately detected using palpation or current clinical …

Significance: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides cross-sectional and volumetric
images of backscattering from biological tissue that reveal the tissue morphology. The …

The application of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the field of oncology has been
prospering over the past decade. OCT imaging has been used to image a broad spectrum of …

Studying the biomechanical properties of biological tissue is crucial to improve our
understanding of disease pathogenesis. The biomechanical characteristics of the cornea …