A newly developed noninvasive imaging technique combines acoustic radiation force and optical coherence tomography to produce 3D elastic wave speed maps of multiple eye components simultaneously. (IMAGE)

SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics

A newly developed noninvasive imaging technique combines acoustic radiation force and optical coherence tomography to produce 3D elastic wave speed maps of multiple eye components simultaneously.

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A newly developed noninvasive imaging technique combines acoustic radiation force and optical coherence tomography to produce 3D elastic wave speed maps of multiple eye components simultaneously. Left: Cross-sectional image of a wave speed map of the anterior segment of the eyeball depicting different eye components: lens (L), iris (I), cornea (C), and sclera (S). Right: Bar graph comparing the elastic wave speed of these components.

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Mekonnen et al., doi 10.1117/1.JBO.28.9.095001.

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