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BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 63-71Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.6.000063
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- EPSRC [EP/H02316X/1, EP/K503733/1]
- Royal Society
- China Scholarship Council
- EPSRC [EP/H02316X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H02316X/1, EP/K503733/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Tissue optical and mechanical properties are correlated to tissue pathologic changes. This manuscript describes a dual-mode ultrasound modulated optical imaging system capable of sensing local optical and mechanical properties in reflection geometry. The optical characterisation was achieved by the acoustic radiation force assisted ultrasound modulated optical tomography (ARF-UOT) with laser speckle contrast detection. Shear waves generated by the ARF were also tracked optically by the same system and the shear wave speed was used for the elasticity measurement. Tissue mimicking phantoms with multiple inclusions buried at 11 mm depth were experimentally scanned with the dual-mode system. The inclusions, with higher optical absorption and/or higher stiffness than background, were identified based on the dual results and their stiffnesses were quantified. The system characterises both optical and mechanical properties of the inclusions compared with the ARF-UOT or the elasticity measurement alone. Moreover, by detecting the backward scattered light in reflection detection geometry, the system is more suitable for clinical applications compared with transmission geometry. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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