Ultrasonic tagging of light: theory

GD Mahan, WE Engler, JJ Tiemann… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
A theory is provided for the detection efficiency of diffuse light whose frequency is modulated
by an acoustical wave. We derive expressions for the speckle pattern of the modulated light …

Ultrasonic modulation of scattered light in turbid media and a potential novel tomography in biomedicine

LV Wang - Photochemistry and photobiology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasonic modulation of scattered laser light was used to image objects buried in tissue‐
simulating turbid media. The ultrasonic wave focused into the turbid media modulated the …

Continuous-wave ultrasonic modulation of scattered laser light to image objects in turbid media

L Wang, SL Jacques, X Zhao - Optics letters, 1995 - opg.optica.org
Continuous-wave ultrasonic modulation of scattered laser light has been used to image
objects in tissue-simulating turbid media for what is to our knowledge the first time. The …

Fluorescence tomography in turbid media based on acousto-optic modulation imaging

M Kobayashi, T Mizumoto, Y Shibuya… - Applied Physics …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The authors present a tomographic imaging technique of fluorescence in light-scattering
media. Ultrasonic modulation of fluorescence based on the interaction between ultrasound …

Detection of inhomogeneities with ultrasound tagging of light

E Granot, A Lev, Z Kotler, BG Sfez, H Taitelbaum - JOSA A, 2001 - opg.optica.org
Ultrasound modulated light for optical tomography is very useful, since it can provide three-
dimensional data with minimal mathematical processing. Although several experimental …

Ultimate sensitivity of time-resolved optoacoustic detection

AA Oraevsky, AA Karabutov - Biomedical Optoacoustics, 2000 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The major limitation in sensitivity of the optical tomography is associated with strong optical
attenuation in human tissues. Opto-acoustic tomography overcomes this limitation utilizing …

Ultrasound tagged light imaging in turbid media in a reflectance geometry

A Lev, Z Kotler, BG Sfez - Optics letters, 2000 - opg.optica.org
A combination of light and focused ultrasound waves provides a unique way to obtain
directly three-dimensional absorption data in a turbid medium. We present the combination …

Development of laser optoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging system for breast cancer utilizing handheld array probes

SA Ermilov, MP Fronheiser, HP Brecht… - … and Sensing 2009, 2009 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We describe two laser optoacoustic imaging systems for breast cancer detection based on
arrays of acoustic detectors operated manually in a way similar to standard ultrasonic breast …

In vivo demonstration of the ultrasound-modulated light technique

A Lev, B Sfez - JOSA A, 2003 - opg.optica.org
We present, to our knowledge for the first time, results of ultrasound-modulated light signals
on living tissues. In particular, we analyze, both theoretically and experimentally, the effect of …

Concomitant speed-of-sound tomography in photoacoustic imaging

S Manohar, RGH Willemink, F van der Heijden… - Applied physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
We present a method to generate quantitative cross-sectional maps of acoustic propagation
speed in tissue using the photoacoustic principle. The method is based on the interaction of …