Special Section Guest Editorial: Optical Elastography and Measurement of Tissue Biomechanics

Abstract

Elastography—the use of medical imaging to map the mechanical properties of tissue—has been developed extensively over the past 25 years, based mainly on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. These methods continue to develop, are available commercially, and are finding ever-growing application in the clinical and biological sciences. Although promising, these methods offer limited spatial resolution to detect small structures and lesions.