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Quantitative optical coherence tomographic elastography: method for assessing arterial mechanical properties

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, ² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Correspondence: Mark E Brezinski, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MRB 106, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Optical coherence tomography elastography represents a potentially attractive new technique for measuring elastic properties of tissues on a micron scale. In this study, the feasibility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to study the mechanical properties of phantoms and atherosclerotic arterial samples is reported. The elastic modulus of tissue-mimicking phantoms was measured using OCT and correlated with mechanical measurements. The results indicate that elastography based on OCT represents an attractive technique for evaluating the mechanical properties of tissues.