Viscoelasticity imaging of biological tissues and single cells using shear wave propagation

H Li, G Flé, M Bhatt, Z Qu, S Ghazavi, L Yazdani… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Changes in biomechanical properties of biological soft tissues are often associated with
physiological dysfunctions. Since biological soft tissues are hydrated, viscoelasticity is likely …

Wearable bioadhesive ultrasound shear wave elastography

HC Liu, Y Zeng, C Gong, X Chen, P Kijanka… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a critical medical condition defined as the rapid development of
hepatic dysfunction. Conventional ultrasound elastography cannot continuously monitor …

Viscoelasticity in 3D Cell Culture and Regenerative Medicine: Measurement Techniques and Biological Relevance

P Eliahoo, H Setayesh, T Hoffman, Y Wu, S Li… - ACS Materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The field of mechanobiology is gaining prominence due to recent findings that show cells
sense and respond to the mechanical properties of their environment through a process …

Wave-based optical coherence elastography: the 10-year perspective

F Zvietcovich, KV Larin - Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
After ten years of progress and innovation, optical coherence elastography (OCE) based on
the propagation of mechanical waves has become one of the major and the most studied …

Acoustic force elastography microscopy

HC Liu, B Gaihre, P Kijanka, L Lu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Hydrogel scaffolds have attracted attention to develop cellular therapy and tissue
engineering platforms for regenerative medicine applications. Among factors, local …

Point-to-point optical coherence elastography using a novel phase velocity method

G Liu, Y Zhang, Y Wang, S Ai, Y Zhu, G Shi… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Optical coherence elastography (OCE) offers great promise for clinical application, however,
its method for measuring elastic wave velocity has already become a big obstacle to further …

Dynamic optical coherence elastography for skin burn assessment: a preliminary study on mice model

H Liu, D Yang, R Jia, W Wang, J Shang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Skin burns that include tissue coagulation necrosis imply variations in stiffness. Dynamic
phase‐sensitive optical coherence elastography (OCE) is used to evaluate the stiffness of …

Recent advances in optical elastography and emerging opportunities in the basic sciences and translational medicine

N Leartprapun, SG Adie - Biomedical Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Optical elastography offers a rich body of imaging capabilities that can serve as a bridge
between organ-level medical elastography and single-molecule biophysics. We review the …

Two-dimensional (2D) dynamic vibration optical coherence elastography (DV-OCE) for evaluating mechanical properties: a potential application in tissue engineering

HC Liu, P Kijanka, MW Urban - Biomedical Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Mechanical properties in tissues are an important indicator because they are associated
with disease states. One of the well-known excitation sources in optical coherence …

Optical flow optical coherence tomography for determining accurate velocity fields

S Wei, JU Kang - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Determining micron-scale fluid flow velocities using optical coherence tomography (OCT) is
important in both biomedical research and clinical diagnosis. Numerous methods have been …