Development and Application of Optical Coherent Elastic Imaging
Optical Coherence Elastography(OCE)technology consists of an Optical Coherence Tomography(OCT)system and its load excitation system.By measuring the biomechanical performance by mechanical wave propagation speed or stress-strain parameters of soft tissue under quantifying load excitation,the pathological information of the lesion can be obtained.OCE has the advantages of non-invasive real-time image processing performance,3D imaging visualization,and high resolution,especially in the clinical biomechanical performance measurement direction of soft tissue organs(such as cornea),which has significant advantages and huge development space.This paper elaborates on the basic principles of OCE systems,introduces the technical classifications of OCE,discusses the applications of OCE in biomedical fields,and looks forward to the development direction of OCE technology.