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1 May 2009 Optoelectronic holographic otoscope for measurement of nano-displacements in tympanic membranes
María del Socorro Hernández-Montes, Cosme Furlong, John J. Rosowski, Nesim Hulli, Ellery Harrington, Jeffrey Tao Cheng, Michael E. Ravicz, Fernando Mendoza-Santoyo
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Abstract
Current methodologies for characterizing tympanic membrane (TM) motion are usually limited to either average acoustic estimates (admittance or reflectance) or single-point mobility measurements, neither of which suffices to characterize the detailed mechanical response of the TM to sound. Furthermore, while acoustic and single-point measurements may aid in diagnosing some middle-ear disorders, they are not always useful. Measurements of the motion of the entire TM surface can provide more information than these other techniques and may be superior for diagnosing pathology. We present advances in our development of a new compact optoelectronic holographic otoscope (OEHO) system for full field-of-view characterization of nanometer-scale sound-induced displacements of the TM surface at video rates. The OEHO system consists of a fiber optic subsystem, a compact otoscope head, and a high-speed image processing computer with advanced software for recording and processing holographic images coupled to a computer-controlled sound-stimulation and recording system. A prototype OEHO system is in use in a medical research environment to address basic science questions regarding TM function. The prototype provides real-time observation of sound-induced TM displacement patterns over a broad frequency range. Representative time-averaged and stroboscopic holographic interferometry results in animals and human cadaver samples are shown, and their potential utility is discussed.

1.

Introduction

The tympanic membrane (TM) is the most peripheral structure in the middle ear and is the first ear structure set in motion by airborne sound. Motion of the TM is transduced by the middle ear system into sound in the cochlear fluids, which then excites the cochlear partition in the inner ear. While measurements of TM motion are not direct measures of hearing sensitivity (which also depends on the function of the inner ear), a TM altered by trauma or middle-ear disease will reduce the acoustic-mechanical input to the inner ear, thereby causing a “conductive” hearing loss. An approach to determine the degree of such a loss in sound conduction to the inner ear measures the deformation of the TM with various acoustic stimuli. Most present-day middle-ear diagnostic procedures are based on acoustic measurements that sense the mobility of the entire TM, e.g., multi- or single-frequency tympanometry,1, 2 ear-canal reflectance or power absorption,3, 4, 5 and static pressure-induced variations in sound pressure.6 Single-point laser vibrometry measurements of the mobility of the umbo in the TM have also been used as diagnostic aids in clinical settings.7, 8

All of these clinical measurements have weaknesses. The acoustic measurements depend on the sound pressure at the TM and represent the average mobility of the entire TM. The single-point laser vibrometry measurements are much more localized, which may have a superior ability to distinguish ossicular disorders9 but are relatively insensitive to TM disorders at locations other than the umbo. Full field-of-view (FOV) measurements of TM mobility may be superior to either of the present techniques because they quantify the function along the entire TM surface. We are investigating optoelectronic holography in this regard, since it has been successfully used in many applications and environments.10

Holographic methodologies have been used in the past to enable full-FOV measurements of the vibrating patterns of the TM surface. Time-averaged holographic interferometry has been used to study TM vibrations in both laboratory animals and in human cadavers.11, 12 Løkberg used electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) to measure vibrations of the human TM in vivo.13 Wada discussed complicated vibration patterns of the TM in cadaveric guinea pigs at frequencies up to 4kHz , which they measured using time-averaged speckle patterns.14 The shape and displacement patterns of the cat TM in both the normal mobile malleus and the immobile malleus have been measured by Moiré holography.15 Spectroscopy and ESPI studies using endoscopes have been used to diagnose otitis media of TMs and medical diagnostic in biological objects respectively.16, 17 Aside from this research work, different models have been proposed for the assessment, mechanical characterization, and dynamic behavior of TMs.18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Though holography has proven to be useful in the investigation of TM mechanics, its application generally has been limited to laboratory studies.

In this paper, we describe our advances in the design, fabrication, characterization, and use of a compact, stable, flexible optoelectronic holographic otoscope (OEHO) system. A prototype system is currently used in a medical research environment. This system can provide full-FOV measurements of sound-driven displacements of the TM surface at video rates.

2.

OEHO System

Figure 1 shows the OEHO system currently in development for full-FOV measurement of nanometer-scale displacements of TMs excited by sound in live human ears. Our developments are based on optoelectronic methodologies that make use of miniaturized components in an otoscope-like configuration. The system consists of a high-speed image-processing (IP) computer with advanced control software, a fiber optic subsystem (FS), and an otoscope head (OH) subsystem. Integrated into the otoscope head is a sound source (SS) and a compact microphone (CM) to generate and measure sound stimuli under control of the IP.

Fig. 1

Schematics of the OEHO system. TM is the sample under investigation. The OH contains an interferometer and imaging optics; the FS contains a laser, beamsplitting optics, and laser-to-fiber components to provide the OB and RB that are conveyed by the optical fibers (OF) to the OH. Both the OH and FS are controlled by the IP. SS and CM are the integrated sound source and microphone, respectively.

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The OEHO system is capable of operating in time-averaged and stroboscopic modes. The time-averaged mode is used for rapid, real-time identification of resonant frequencies of the vibrating samples and their corresponding mode shapes.26, 27 The stroboscopic mode is used to quantify the magnitude and phase of the TM’s entire surface at a nanometer scale.28, 29 Both operating modes require the collection of four optically phase-stepped interference images to calculate the reconstructed holographic image.30

A more detailed schematic of the OEHO and acoustic system is shown in Fig. 2 . The laser beam is provided by a solid-state laser diode (LD) with an operational wavelength of 473nm and power of 15mW . The laser output is directed through an acousto-optic modulator (AOM), then through the beamsplitter (BS), which splits the light into a reference beam (RB) and an object illumination beam (OB) with an 80:20 power ratio. The OB is directed to a mirror (M), which redirects the beam to its laser-to-fiber coupler assemblies (FA). The RB is directed to its laser-to-fiber coupler via a mirror mounted on the piezoelectric modulator (MP), which generates the four steps in the optical phase that are required for holographic reconstruction. These steps are achieved by varying the RB’s optical path length by moving the MP at fractions of the laser wavelength. Both beams are coupled into single-mode fibers using laser-to-fiber coupler assemblies. The frequency generator (FG), operated by the IP, supplies the electrical input to the sound source by a digital-to-analog converter, and uses an analog-to-digital converter to measure the signal produced by a microphone near the surface of the TM; in stroboscopic mode, it also provides the timing input to the acousto-optic modulator driver (DD). Activation of the acousto-optic modulator driver by short electrical trigger pulses that are phase-locked to the acoustic stimulus driver results in short stroboscopic pulses ( 110 of the acoustic stimulus period) of laser light during varied phases of the acoustic stimulus.

Fig. 2

Experimental setup of the OEHO system. A detailed sketch of the OH is given in Fig. 4.

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Fig. 4

Optical head subsystem: (a) schematic depicting the major components; and (b) built subsystem.

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The design of the optomechanical system was carried out with commercially available software31 taking into account the TM anatomy and the results of preliminary holographic measurements of TM displacements in several animal species.32 The design of the OH fulfilled several requirements. First, we needed a 10 by 10-mm FOV (the human TM diameter is around 8 to 10mm ). Then the image of the TM needed to cover the entire 800×800-pixels region of interest (ROI) of the CCD sensor with a pixel size of 6.5μm ; the choice of FOV and imaging ROI defined the optical magnification (Mx) of 0.5X. We selected a 90-mm working distance (WD) because of constraints on the size of the sound source, microphone, and beamsplitter. The focal length was calculated from the WD and Mx to be 30mm . An aperture was incorporated into the design to increase the depth of field (DOF) to about 5mm , which was needed to keep the whole TM, with its 3-D shape and orientation in the ear canal, in focus. The imaging performance was evaluated through the modulation transfer function (MTF) using a U.S. Air Force (USAF) target.33 Figure 3a shows the MTF obtained experimentally by measuring the contrast in the image of the bar target for various spatial frequencies, and Fig. 3b shows the theoretical MTF determined by Oslo software. The resolution of the imaging optics was also evaluated by the USAF test target, resulting in 57lpmm and a fringe visibility of 0.82, which was obtained with a beam ratio of 1.2.34

Fig. 3

MTF: (a) measured directly from the USAF target; and (b) evaluated from the Oslo software.

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Figure 4a shows details of the OH subsystem. The output of the OB is used to illuminate the sample of interest while the imaging system (IS) collects the scattered wavefronts from the reflected OB at the TM sample surface. The image collected by the IS is combined with the RB by means of the imaging beamsplitter (BSI) and then directed onto the CCD camera detector. The IS includes an achromatic lens and an aperture. The aperture controls both the light entering the imaging system and the depth of field. The object illumination beam is directed at the test object via a speculum. The speculum is coupled to a SS for sample excitation and a CM to monitor the stimulus sound pressure at the TM. An angled glass window at the back of the speculum isolates the sound stimulus within the speculum, allowing larger stimulus sound pressures at lower stimulus frequencies. The SS is driven by a computer-controlled frequency generator, and the microphone output is monitored by an analog-to-digital converter controlled by the computer system. Figure 4b is a photograph of an OH prototype with dimensions of 100×60×120mm3 .

2.1.

Control Software and Principle of Measurement

Specialized software is necessary for image acquisition, control of the optoelectronic devices in the FS and OH, processing of the acquired images, and display of the processed images. The controlling software interfaces with cameras that have digital dynamic ranges and spatial resolutions of 1012bits and 1.3megapixels , respectively, with the capability of acquiring and processing images at rates as fast as 40 frames per second.

Optical phase-measurements based on phase-stepping algorithms are implemented in this software.35 The CCD camera acquires four successive interference images in which the optical path length (or optical phase) of the RB is stepped by zero to three-quarters wavelength. If the frame integration period of the camera is much longer than the period of the object vibration, the intensity may be expressed as

1.

Ii(x,y)=Io(x,y)+Ir(x,y)+2IoIrcos[φor(x,y)+αi]Jo[4πλdz(x,y,)],
α=0,π2,πand3π2,i=0,1,2,3,
where x and y refer to the spatial coordinates of the pixels making up the camera image, Io is the object beam intensity, Ir is the reference beam intensity, φor represents the random phase between the reference beam and the object beam produced by the beam’s interaction with the measurement, Jo is the zero-order Bessel function, dz(x,y) is the out-of-plane vibration displacement of the object,36 2IoIr is the modulation intensity IM , and λ is the wavelength of the laser light.

In the time-averaged mode, the four phase-stepped data frames I0,I1,I2,I3 are used to calculate and display the modulation intensity IM :

Eq. 2

IM=(I0I2)2+(I1I3)2.

The stroboscopic mode consists of acquiring and processing two sets, I0 to I3 and R0 to R3 , of phase-stepped images, which are recorded at acoustic stimulus phase (1,ψ1) and acoustic stimulus phase (2,ψ2) , respectively. The resultant modulation intensity at each camera pixel IM is calculated as

Eq. 3

IM=(I0I2+R0R2)2+(I1I3+R1R3)2.

The phase difference Δφ in the stroboscopic mode is calculated between acoustic stimulus ψ1 and ψ2 . It is given as

Eq. 4

Δφ={2π+atan1[(I0I2)(R1R3)(I1I3)(R0R2)(I0I2)(R0R2)+(I1I3)(R1R3)]}cMn2π,
where cMn is the maximum grayscale value, equivalent to 2n1 , and n is the bit depth of the camera. The arguments (x,y) are omitted for simplification.

To acquire a phase-stepped image, the IP uses a data acquisition board to put out a varying analog voltage that is synchronized with each frame captured by the camera. The output voltage is amplified to drive the MP for laser light modulation, and hence, to accurately perform the required phase step.

To maximize the image acquisition speed, processing, and display, separate tasks are run in individual threads using shared memory to communicate among each other. The image acquisition thread captures successive images at the maximum rate allowed by the camera and computer while storing the images in a circular queue. A record is kept of the index of the most recently captured image. Meanwhile, the display thread uses the four most recently captured images to compose the processed image to be displayed.

3.

Evaluation of the OEHO System and Experimental Results

To evaluate and demonstrate the capabilities of the OEHO system, we carried out a modal analysis of a circular aluminum membrane having a 0.37-mm thickness and a 10-mm diameter. The membrane was fabricated by removing a cylinder of material from an aluminum block with dimensions 76.30 by 79.7 by 5.10cm . The manufactured block with the membrane was mounted on a piezoelectric shaker for excitation.

The relative motion of the membrane was investigated with the OH subsystem set at the designed magnification of 0.5X, a 10-mm FOV, and a 800×800-pixel ROI. To maximize fringe visibility, the beam ratio between the RB and OB was chosen to be 1.2 .

With the OEHO system running in the time-averaged mode and the membrane excited in the 8to90-kHz range, fundamental natural resonant frequencies were identified. Figure 5 shows the first four resonant vibration modes of the aluminum membrane. An analysis of the interferograms indicated a fringe visibility of 0.82, which is suitable for quantitative analysis.

Fig. 5

OEHO time-averaged interferograms of a circular aluminum test sample vibrating at its first four fundamental resonant vibration modes: (a) 23.5kHz ; (b) 47.8kHz ; (c) 78.7kHz ; and (d) 81.8kHz .

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The stroboscopic mode was used for quantitative displacement measurements. Optoelectronic holograms were acquired from the sample frozen at any point during its vibrating cycle by illuminating the object with short stroboscopic pulses synchronized with the vibration excitation. These images were then processed using the four optical phase-stepping technique to render phase maps depicting the sample displacement [Eq. 4]. Figure 6 shows the resulting phase maps and displacement patterns computed by the quantitative analysis of the stroboscopic measurements for the same aluminum membrane; the frequency f=47.8kHz was selected for demonstration. The two stroboscopic images were gathered at stimulus phases 45deg and 135deg to generate negative and positive displacements, respectively, on the aluminum membrane.

Fig. 6

(a) Wrapped phase map. (b) Unwrapped phase map. (c) Peak-to-peak surface out-of-plane displacement, dz=710nm .

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We also computed the optical phase between two images gathered without stimulation in order to estimate the noise in the measurement procedure. Figure 7 shows the difference in the results; the fluctuation due to the noise has a peak-to-peak value of π11 (λ23) .

Fig. 7

Effect of the noise of the measured phase.

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4.

OEHO System in a Medical Research Environment

The OEHO system described above was used to investigate the sound-induced motion of the TM in cadaveric chinchillas and humans, as well as in live chinchillas. Time-averaged holograms measured with sound stimuli of 400 to 22,000Hz and at varied levels of sound are shown in Fig. 8 . The OEHO system had a high mechanical stability while providing high-quality images. One point of ready comparison is the similarity between the results in the live and cadaveric chinchillas. All of the measurement features observed in the live chinchilla ear were also observed in the cadaveric ear. Such a similarity between pre- and post-mortem middle-ear function has been observed previously.37, 38

Fig. 8

Time-averaged optoelectronic holograms of chinchilla TMs: (a) right ear of a post-mortem chinchilla; (b) right ear of a live chinchilla; (c) thawed right ear of a cadaveric human; (d) left ear of a fresh human cadaver. Vibration patterns produced by low and middle frequencies show the simple, and complex, displacement pattern described in the text. However, at the highest frequencies, the displacement patterns are highly ordered. The handle, or manubrium, of the malleus is outlined in white. The umbo at the end of the handle near the center of the TM is labeled with a white “U.” Standard sample preparation procedures were used.32

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Figure 9 shows the results of stroboscopic mode measurements of a human TM demonstrating the OEHO system’s ability to describe differences in optical phase between two stimulus phases ( ψ1 and ψ2 ) and to convert those differences to absolute displacements, with nm resolution, of the entire imaged surface. In these data, the two stimuli were set to correspond to the maximum and minimum displacements.

Fig. 9

Result of stroboscopic holography from a human ear at 4kHz . The two phases of the acoustic stimulus used to generate these images differed by 180deg . (a) Wrapped phase map. (b) Unwrapped phase map. (c) Peak-to peak surface out-of-plane displacement, dz=310nm .

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The TM vibration patterns of different species could be grouped into three patterns: simple, complex, and ordered. The time-averaged measurements with lowest frequencies showed simple patterns of a displacement magnitude defined by multiple concentric holographic rings in response to sound stimulation. Simple patterns were restricted to frequencies less than 600Hz in chinchillas and to frequencies less than 1kHz in cadaveric humans. For sound frequencies between about 0.8to2kHz in chinchillas, and between 2to8kHz in cadaveric human ears, we saw complex patterns with numerous spatial maxima and interdigitating shapes that were separated by regions of small displacements. At high frequencies, above 3kHz in chinchillas and above 9kHz in humans, ordered patterns of displacement maxima were arranged like pearls on strings. The strings were arranged in roughly circular patterns along the TM surface, while the pearls appeared to be radially arranged. Patterns similar to these simple and complex displacement patterns have been reproduced by finite-element and other TM models, but to our knowledge none of these models have investigated frequencies high enough to predict the ordered patterns of displacement we observed.18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

5.

Discussion and Conclusions

We have presented advances in our development of a compact OEHO system capable of providing qualitative and quantitative descriptions of full-FOV data at nanometer-scale video rates. These optomechanical design parameters of the OEHO system account for the physiologies of different mammalian species and preliminary holographic measurements of TM motion. The prototype OEHO configuration is characterized by the following parameters: 10-mn FOV, 5-mm DOF, 0.5X magnification, a fringe visibility of 0.82 obtained with a 1.2 beam ratio, and a 57lpmm resolution.

Prior to deployment into a medical research environment, the OEHO system’s image quality and resolution were evaluated using a typical test sample. Currently, the OEHO system is being used to study and examine TMs in live and cadaveric animals and cadaveric humans under normal conditions and after induced pathology. To illustrate the measurement capabilities of our system, we have shown successful representative results from post-mortem chinchillas and humans, as well as in live chinchilla TMs at frequencies up to 22kHz . For the first time, we have illustrated measurements of the displacement of the TM surface for frequencies above 8kHz in both animals and humans. The observed vibration patterns show simple, complex, and ordered displacement behaviors. The significance of these different patterns is a point of further study. The results gathered using the OEHO system improve our understanding of the function of the TM and may be helpful in diagnosing of various ossicular disorders, as well as in assessing the reasons for failure in middle-ear reconstructive surgery.39 The present system will be useful in studies that include correlating vibration patterns of the TM across animal species with specific structures of the TM, testing the effects of static air-pressure differences across the TM on auditory mechanics, classifying normal TM function in terms of mode numbers and average displacement versus frequency, and generating more precise models of the biomechanics of TMs.

We are continuing our efforts toward the further miniaturization of the developed OEHO system and will present our results in forthcoming publications. We hope to test the further miniaturized system as a tool for discriminating different forms of conductive hearing loss in live patients, much like tympanometry and laser-Dopper vibrometry.8 While useful in diagnostics, these existing tools are limited. For example, tympanometry, because it represents the average motion of the TM, is not very sensitive to a wide range of ossicular disorders, especially in circumstances where some part of the TM is abnormally flaccid. Vibrometry, on the other hand, appears to be insensitive to disorders of parts of the TM that are distant from the measurement point. Holography, with its ability to define the motion of each point of the entire TM surface, will combine the best of both these techniques.

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the U.S. National Institute for Deafness and other Communicative Disorders (NIDCD), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A. C. (CIO), Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI), and Lakshmi Mittal. We thank Chris Scarpino of the MEEI, an alumni of WPI, for facilitating the interactions between our two research groups. Thanks also go to Christian Wester, Benjamin Dwyer, and Marty Maccaferri for their contributions to this work.

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María del Socorro Hernández-Montes, Cosme Furlong, John J. Rosowski, Nesim Hulli, Ellery Harrington, Jeffrey Tao Cheng, Michael E. Ravicz, and Fernando Mendoza-Santoyo "Optoelectronic holographic otoscope for measurement of nano-displacements in tympanic membranes," Journal of Biomedical Optics 14(3), 034023 (1 May 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3153898
Published: 1 May 2009
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KEYWORDS
Holography

Ear

Optoelectronics

Image processing

Acoustics

Motion measurement

Phase shift keying

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