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Camera-based optical palpation
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020), Scientific Reports, Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2020.
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Abstract
- 13 pags., 6 figs.<br />Optical elastography is undergoing extensive development as an imaging tool to map mechanical contrast in tissue. Here, we present a new platform for optical elastography by generating sub-millimetre-scale mechanical contrast from a simple digital camera. This cost-effective, compact and easy-to-implement approach opens the possibility to greatly expand applications of optical elastography both within and beyond the field of medical imaging. Camera-based optical palpation (CBOP) utilises a digital camera to acquire photographs that quantify the light intensity transmitted through a silicone layer comprising a dense distribution of micro-pores (diameter, 30–100 µm). As the transmission of light through the micro-pores increases with compression, we deduce strain in the layer directly from intensity in the digital photograph. By pre-characterising the relationship between stress and strain of the layer, the measured strain map can be converted to an optical palpogram, a map of stress that visualises mechanical contrast in the sample. We demonstrate a spatial resolution as high as 290 µm in CBOP, comparable to that achieved using an optical coherence tomography-based implementation of optical palpation. In this paper, we describe the fabrication of the micro-porous layer and present experimental results from structured phantoms containing stiff inclusions as small as 0.5 × 0.5 × 1 mm. In each case, we demonstrate high contrast between the inclusion and the base material and validate both the contrast and spatial resolution achieved using finite element modelling. By performing CBOP on freshly excised human breast tissue, we demonstrate the capability to delineate tumour from surrounding benign tissue.<br />Te authors acknowledge the facilities and scientifc and technical assistance of the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility at the Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation & Analysis, the University of Western Australia, a facility funded by the University, State and Commonwealth Governments. Tis work was supported by research grants from the Australian Research Council, the Department of Health, Western Australia and the Cancer Council, Western Australia; a research contract with OncoRes Medical; the Herta Massarik PhD Scholarship for Breast Cancer Research; and the War Widows Guild of Western Australia Top-up Scholarship for Research into Breast Cancer.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Materials science
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Science
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Article
010309 optics
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Optics
Optical coherence tomography
0103 physical sciences
medicine
Medical imaging
Contrast (vision)
Image resolution
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Digital camera
Multidisciplinary
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Imaging and sensing
Light intensity
030104 developmental biology
Transmission (telecommunications)
Medicine
Elastography
business
Biomedical engineering
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e80360fb6e8c237da0e98fbe0599ebca