Imaging the tympanic membrane oscillation ex vivo with Doppler optical coherence tomography during simulated Eustachian catarrh

Lars Kirsten; Anke Burkhardt; Jonas Golde; Julia Walther; Thomas Stoppe; Matthias Bornitz; Max Kemper; Thomas Zahnert; Edmund Koch

doi:10.1117/12.2183620

9 July 2015 Imaging the tympanic membrane oscillation ex vivo with Doppler optical coherence tomography during simulated Eustachian catarrh

Lars Kirsten, Anke Burkhardt, Jonas Golde, Julia Walther, Thomas Stoppe, Matthias Bornitz, Max Kemper, Thomas Zahnert, Edmund Koch

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Proceedings Volume 9541, Optical Coherence Imaging Techniques and Imaging in Scattering Media; 95410R (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2183620
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2015, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Recently, optical coherence tomography (OCT) was utilized in multiple studies for structural and functional imaging of the middle ear and the tympanic membrane. Since Doppler OCT allows both, the spatially resolved measurement of the tympanic membrane oscillation and high-resolution imaging, it is regarded as a promising tool for future in vivo applications. In this study, Doppler OCT is utilized for the visualization of the tympanic membrane oscillation in temporal bones with simulated Eustachian catarrh, which was realized by generating a depression in the tympanic cavity. The transfer function, meaning the oscillation amplitude normalized to the applied sound pressure, is measured frequency resolved in the range from 0.5 kHz to 6 kHz and with a lateral spatial resolution of 0.4 mm. Typical oscillation patterns could be observed in case of ambient pressure in the tympanic cavity. Under depression the characteristic oscillation patterns were observed with widely congruent appearance but at higher frequencies.

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Lars Kirsten, Anke Burkhardt, Jonas Golde, Julia Walther, Thomas Stoppe, Matthias Bornitz, Max Kemper, Thomas Zahnert, and Edmund Koch "Imaging the tympanic membrane oscillation ex vivo with Doppler optical coherence tomography during simulated Eustachian catarrh", Proc. SPIE 9541, Optical Coherence Imaging Techniques and Imaging in Scattering Media, 95410R (9 July 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2183620

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