Phthalocyanine-based photoacoustic contrast agents for imaging and theranostics

BD Zheng, J Ye, YY Huang, MT Xiao - Biomaterials Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Phthalocyanine, as an organic dye, has attracted much attention due to its high molar
absorption coefficient in the near-infrared region (NIR). It is precisely because of this …

Gas in scattering media absorption spectroscopy–from basic studies to biomedical applications

S Svanberg - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The recently introduced Gas in Scattering Media Absorption Spectroscopy (GASMAS)
technique provides novel possibilities for analysis in biophotonics. Free gas in pores or …

Photoacoustic imaging of the spatial distribution of oxygen saturation in an ischemia-reperfusion model in humans

A Merdasa, J Bunke, M Naumovska… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a novel hybrid imaging technique that combines the
advantages of optical and ultrasound imaging to produce hyperspectral images of the tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Photoacoustic imaging for three-dimensional visualization and delineation of basal cell carcinoma in patients

U Dahlstrand, R Sheikh, A Merdasa, R Chakari… - Photoacoustics, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is an emerging non-invasive biomedical imaging
modality that could potentially be used to determine the borders of basal cell carcinomas …

European Headache Federation recommendations for neurologists managing giant cell arteritis

SP Mollan, K Paemeleire, J Versijpt, R Luqmani… - The journal of headache …, 2020 - Springer
Background and aim Giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains a medical emergency because of the
risk of sudden irreversible sight loss and rarely stroke along with other complications …

Photoacoustic imaging of periorbital skin cancer ex vivo: unique spectral signatures of malignant melanoma, basal, and squamous cell carcinoma

MT Stridh, J Hult, A Merdasa, J Albinsson… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Radical excision of periorbital skin tumors is difficult without sacrificing excessive healthy
tissue. Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is an emerging non-invasive biomedical imaging …

Comparison of photoacoustic imaging and histopathological examination in determining the dimensions of 52 human melanomas and nevi ex vivo

J Hult, A Merdasa, A Pekar-Lukacs… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Surgical excision followed by histopathological examination is the gold standard for the
diagnosis and staging of melanoma. Reoperations and unnecessary removal of healthy …

An automatic unmixing approach to detect tissue chromophores from multispectral photoacoustic imaging

V Grasso, J Holthof, J Jose - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multispectral photoacoustic imaging has been widely explored as an emerging tool to
visualize and quantify tissue chromophores noninvasively. This modality can capture the …

Clinical translation of photoacoustic imaging—opportunities and challenges from an industry perspective

M Kuniyil Ajith Singh, N Sato, F Ichihashi… - … Imaging: From Bench to …, 2020 - Springer
Photoacoustic imaging, the fastest growing biomedical imaging modality of the decade
holds strong potential in creating a significant impact in the field of medicine. This non …

Automatic threshold selection algorithm to distinguish a tissue chromophore from the background in photoacoustic imaging

A Khodaverdi, T Erlöv, J Hult, N Reistad… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The adaptive matched filter (AMF) is a method widely used in spectral unmixing to classify
different tissue chromophores in photoacoustic images. However, a threshold needs to be …