Determination of the collagen fiber 'Brushing direction' in articular cartilage by conical-scan polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

Zenghai Lu, Deepa Kasaragod, Stephen J. Matcher

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Abstract

A new imaging technique is presented by introducing the concept of conical scan to the variable-incidenc-angle polarimetry (VIA) previously developed by our group. The technique would facilitate the translating of the VIA technique to the clinic by simplifying the requirements of measurements in two orthogonal planes by using a conical scan protocol. Conical scan PS-OCT images could illustrate directly the azimuthal angle of the collage fibers in birefringent tissue, which was validated by measurements on a bovine tendon. We have showed the unique technique can be used to locate the "brushing direction" of collagen fibers in articular cartilage. Measuring this direction over the cartilage surface could potentially help designing of tissue-engineering scaffolds for cartilage repair.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XVIII
EditorsJosephe A. Izatt, James G. Fujimoto, Valery V. Tuchin
PublisherSPIE
Number of pages6
Volume8934
ISBN (Print)9780819498472
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes
EventOptical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XVIII - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 1 Feb 20146 Feb 2014
Conference number: 18

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume8934
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceOptical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XVIII
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period1/02/146/02/14

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