Imaging is an essential tool in research, diagnostics and the management of endocrine
disorders. Ultrasonography, nuclear medicine techniques, MRI, CT and optical methods are …

Photoacoustic imaging, with the capability to provide simultaneous structural, functional, and
molecular information, is one of the fastest growing biomedical imaging modalities of recent …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging functional and molecular imaging technology
that has attracted much attention in the past decade. Recently, many researchers have used …

Water constitutes roughly a quarter of the cortical bone by volume yet can greatly influence
mechanical properties and tissue quality. There is a growing appreciation for how water can …

Photoacoustic spectroscopy can generate abundant chemical and physical information
about biological tissues. However, this abundance of information makes it difficult to …

It is well known that there are structural differences between cortical and cancellous bone.
However, spinal surgeons currently have no reliable method to non-invasively determine …

Photoacoustic techniques have shown promise in identifying molecular changes in bone
tissue and visualizing tissue microstructure. This capability represents significant …

Abstract Objective and Impact Statement. To study the feasibility of combined functional
photoacoustic (PA) and quantitative ultrasound (US) for diagnosis of osteoporosis in vivo …

Collagen is an important biomarker of osteoporosis progression. Noninvasive, multispectral,
photoacoustic (PA) techniques use pulsed laser light to induce PA signals to facilitate the …

Photoacoustic (PA) techniques are potential alternatives to histopathology. The
physicochemical spectrogram (PCS) generated by the PA measurement at multiple …