Tissue deformation analysis using a laser based digital image correlation technique.

Johannes Kerl, Tassanai Parittotokkaporn, Luca Frasson, Matthew Oldfield, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Frank Beyrau

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.

Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 2012 Feb

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A laser based technique for planar time-resolved measurements of tissue deformation in transparent biomedical materials with high spatial resolution is developed. The approach is based on monitoring the displacement of micrometer particles previously embedded into a semi-transparent sample as it is deformed by some form of external loading. The particles are illuminated in a plane inside the tissue material by a thin laser light sheet, and the pattern is continuously recorded by a digital camera. Image analysis yields the locally and temporally resolved sample deformation in the measurement plane without the need for any in situ measurement hardware. The applicability of the method for determination of tissue deformation and material strain during the insertion of a needle probe into a soft material sample is demonstrated by means of an in vitro trial on gelatin. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Johannes Kerl, Tassanai Parittotokkaporn, Luca Frasson, Matthew Oldfield, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Frank Beyrau. Tissue deformation analysis using a laser based digital image correlation technique. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 2012 Feb;6:159-65