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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2018

Combined anatomical optical coherence tomography and intraluminal pressure reveal viscoelasticity of the in vivo airway.

Santosh Balakrishnan, Ruofei Bu, Nicusor Iftimia, Hillel Price, Carlton Zdanski, Amy L Oldenburg

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Santosh BalakrishnanUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chapel Hill, Nort, United States.
Ruofei BuUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chapel Hill, Nort, United States.
Nicusor IftimiaPhysical Sciences Inc., Andover, Massachusetts, United States.
Hillel PriceUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Chapel Hill, North, United States.
Carlton ZdanskiUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Cha, United States.
Amy L OldenburgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chapel Hill, Nort, United States.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USPhysical Sciences (United States) · US

Funding

Anatomic optical coherence tomography for quantitative bronchoscopyR01HL123557 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI OLDENBURG, AMY L, ZDANSKI, CARLTON J · 2015 to 2017
$1.9M
Imaging nanophysical properties of actively transporting bronchial mucusR21HL130901 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI OLDENBURG, AMY L · 2016 to 2017
$418k
Development of a method for in situ nanorheology of human airway mucusR21HL111968 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI OLDENBURG, AMY L · 2012 to 2013
$392k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL123557NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL111968NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL130901
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is hypothesized that the local, viscoelastic (time-dependent) properties of the airway are important to accurately model and ultimately predict dynamic airway collapse in airway obstruction. Toward this end, we present a portable, endoscopic, swept-source anatomical optical coherence tomography (aOCT) system combined with a pressure catheter to capture local airway dynamics in vivo during respiration. aOCT scans were performed in the airways of a mechanically ventilated pig under paralysis with dynamic and static ventilation protocols. Validation of dynamic aOCT luminal cross-sectional area (CSA) measurements against Cine CT, obtained during the same exam, showed an aggregate difference of 15  %    ±  3  %  . aOCT-derived CSA obtained in the in vivo trachea also exhibited hysteresis as a function of pressure, depicting the viscoelastic nature of the airway wall. The volumetric imaging capabilities were validated by comparing aOCT- and CT-derived geometries of the porcine airway spanning nine generations from the trachea to the bronchioles. The ability to delineate regional differences in airway viscoelastic properties, by measuring airway deformation using aOCT combined with intraluminal pressure, paves the way to patient-specific models of dynamic airway collapse.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaElasticityElasticity Imaging TechniquesEquipment DesignLungPressureRespirationSwineTomography, Optical CoherenceTomography, X-Ray ComputedTracheadynamic airway imagingelastographyendoscopic OCToptical coherence tomography

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PMID30350490
PMCPMC6259006
OpenAlexW2897193191

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