Exploiting the relationship between birefringence and force to measure airway smooth muscle contraction with PS-OCT (Conference Presentation)

David C. Adams; Lida P. Hariri; Jasmin A. Holz; Margit V. Szabari; R. Scott Harris; Jocelyn L. Cho; Daniel L. Hamilos; Andrew D. Luster; Benjamin D. Medoff; Melissa J. Suter

doi:10.1117/12.2214738

27 April 2016 Exploiting the relationship between birefringence and force to measure airway smooth muscle contraction with PS-OCT (Conference Presentation)

David C. Adams, Lida P. Hariri, Jasmin A. Holz, Margit V. Szabari, R. Scott Harris, Jocelyn L. Cho, Daniel L. Hamilos, Andrew D. Luster, Benjamin D. Medoff, Melissa J. Suter

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Proceedings Volume 9691, Endoscopic Microscopy XI; and Optical Techniques in Pulmonary Medicine III; 96911E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214738
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The ability to observe airway dynamics is fundamental to forming a complete understanding of pulmonary diseases such as asthma. We have previously demonstrated that Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) can be used to observe structural changes in the airway during bronchoconstriction, but standard OCT lacks the contrast to discriminate airway smooth muscle (ASM) bands- ASM being responsible for generating the force that drives airway constriction- from the surrounding tissue. Since ASM in general exhibits a greater degree of birefringence than the surrounding tissue, a potential solution to this problem lies in the implementation of polarization sensitivity (PS) to the OCT system. By modifying the OCT system so that it is sensitive to the birefringence of tissue under inspection, we can visualize the ASM with much greater clarity and definition. In this presentation we show that the force of contraction can be indirectly measured by an associated increase in the birefringence signal of the ASM. We validate this approach by attaching segments of swine trachea to an isometric force transducer and stimulating contraction, while simultaneously measuring the exerted force and imaging the segment with PS-OCT. We then show how our results may be used to extrapolate the force of contraction of closed airways in absence of additional measurement devices. We apply this technique to assess ASM contractility volumetrically and in vivo, in both asthmatic and non-asthmatic human volunteers.

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David C. Adams, Lida P. Hariri, Jasmin A. Holz, Margit V. Szabari, R. Scott Harris, Jocelyn L. Cho, Daniel L. Hamilos, Andrew D. Luster, Benjamin D. Medoff, and Melissa J. Suter "Exploiting the relationship between birefringence and force to measure airway smooth muscle contraction with PS-OCT (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9691, Endoscopic Microscopy XI; and Optical Techniques in Pulmonary Medicine III, 96911E (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214738

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Birefringence

Optical coherence tomography

Image segmentation

Tissues

Inspection

Optical inspection

Picosecond phenomena

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