Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography for Otology Applications: From Phantom Simulation to In Vivo Experiment

In otology, visualization and vibratory analysis have been crucial to enhance the success of diagnosis and surgical operation. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been employed in otology to obtain morphological structure of tissues non-invasively, owing to the ability of measuring the entire region of tympanic membrane, which compensates the limitations of conventional methods. As a functional extension of OCT, Doppler OCT, which enables the measurement of the motion information with structural data of tissue, has been applied in otology. Over the years, Doppler OCT systems have been evolved in various forms to enhance the measuring sensitivity of phase difference. In this review, we provide representative algorithms of Doppler OCT and various applications in otology from preclinical analysis to clinical experiments and discuss future developments.

Improvement of the Vibratory Analysis by Enhancement of Accelerometer Characteristics

In this work, the mathematical model suitable for the operating principle of the piezoelectric accelerometer is extracted then this model which connects the accuracy and the measurement error according of the frequency ration and the damping rate is validated by simulation. The model developed makes it possible to improve the performances of the accelerometer such as precision, sensitivity and reliability as well as to propose a new conception of the latter. A comparative study is made to show the importance of our results compared to literature, these results have showed that a suitable and appropriate choice of damping ratio develops the accelerometer parameters and enhances the vibratory analysis technique.

Identification of elasticity modulus by vibratory analysis (Application to a natural composite: Aleppo pine wood)

In this paper, we present a method for the determination of the elasticity modulus in the vibratory domain of materials. This approach is based on research and interpretation of the spectrum of natural frequencies resulting from natural vibrations based on the theory of elastic beams. The tests consist of classical tests of longitudinal vibrations of natural composite beams (Aleppo pine wood), long enough to observe some natural frequencies. This identification method showed a good correlation between the theoretical and experimental values, notably the evaluation of the modal parameter for the case of the resonant frequencies and the identification of the modulus of elasticity of the materials used.