Optical coherence tomography of the tympanic membrane and middle ear: a review

HEI Tan, PL Santa Maria… - … –Head and Neck …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To evaluate the recent developments in optical coherence tomography (OCT) for
tympanic membrane (TM) and middle ear (ME) imaging and to identify what further …

Mammalian middle ear mechanics: A review

M Ugarteburu, RH Withnell, L Cardoso… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The middle ear is part of the ear in all terrestrial vertebrates. It provides an interface between
two media, air and fluid. How does it work? In mammals, the middle ear is traditionally …

Long-range, wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography with GPU accelerated digital lock-in Doppler vibrography for real-time, in vivo middle ear …

D MacDougall, J Farrell, J Brown, M Bance… - Biomedical optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We present the design, implementation and validation of a swept-source optical coherence
tomography (OCT) system for real-time imaging of the human middle ear in live patients. Our …

Picometer scale vibrometry in the human middle ear using a surgical microscope based optical coherence tomography and vibrometry system

W Kim, S Kim, S Huang, JS Oghalai… - Biomedical optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We have developed a highly phase stable optical coherence tomography and vibrometry
system that attaches directly to the accessory area of a surgical microscope common to both …

Endoscopic optical coherence tomography with wide field-of-view for the morphological and functional assessment of the human tympanic membrane

L Kirsten, M Schindler, J Morgenstern… - … of biomedical optics, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) system with a wide field-of-view of 8
mm is presented, which combines the image capability of endoscopic imaging at the middle …

Noninvasive in vivo optical coherence tomography tracking of chronic otitis media in pediatric subjects after surgical intervention

GL Monroy, P Pande, RM Nolan… - … of biomedical optics, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In an institutional review board-approved study, 25 pediatric subjects diagnosed with
chronic or recurrent otitis media were observed over a period of six months with optical …

Mapping the phase and amplitude of ossicular chain motion using sound-synchronous optical coherence vibrography

A Ramier, JT Cheng, ME Ravicz… - Biomedical optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The sound-driven vibration of the tympanic membrane and ossicular chain of middle-ear
bones is fundamental to hearing. Here we show that optical coherence tomography in phase …

Improved middle-ear soft-tissue visualization using synchrotron radiation phase-contrast imaging

M Elfarnawany, SA Rohani, S Ghomashchi, DG Allen… - Hearing research, 2017 - Elsevier
High resolution images are used as a basis for finite-element modeling of the middle-ear
structures to study their biomechanical function. Commonly used imaging techniques such …

Optical coherence tomography doppler vibrometry measurement of stapes vibration in patients with stapes fixation and normal controls

D MacDougall, L Morrison, C Morrison… - Otology & …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: OCT-DV measures the vibration of middle ear structures in response to sound
non-invasively through the intact tympanic membrane. This allows, in particular, direct …

In vivo optical mapping of the tympanic membrane impulse response

M Hamra, L Fridman, S Shinnawi, MC Vaizer, D Yelin - Hearing Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The wide frequency range of the human hearing could be narrowed by various pathologies
in the middle ear and in the tympanic membrane that lead to conductive hearing loss …