CPC A61B 3/0025 (2013.01) [A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 3/16 (2013.01); A61B 3/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/0051 (2013.01); A61B 5/0053 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0093 (2013.01); A61B 8/10 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 5/0097 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A system for quantifying biomechanical properties of tissues in a subject, comprising:
a phase sensitive low coherence interferometry or optical coherence tomography subsystem for imaging the tissues and measuring intrinsic displacements in the tissues resulting from a heartbeat of the subject; and
a data processor programmed with an algorithm for quantifying biomechanical properties of the tissues based on the intrinsic displacements.
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