Recent advances in contrast-enhanced photoacoustic imaging: overcoming the physical and practical challenges

W Choi, B Park, S Choi, D Oh, J Kim, C Kim - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
For decades now, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has been investigated to realize its potential
as a niche biomedical imaging modality. Despite its highly desirable optical contrast and …

Listening to drug delivery and responses via photoacoustic imaging

B Park, S Park, J Kim, C Kim - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Administrating pharmaceutic agents efficiently to achieve the therapeutic effect is the aim of
all drug delivery techniques. Recent drug delivery systems aim to deliver high doses of …

Three-dimensional multistructural quantitative photoacoustic and US imaging of human feet in vivo

W Choi, EY Park, S Jeon, Y Yang, B Park, J Ahn, S Cho… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Monitoring the microcirculation in human feet is crucial in assessing peripheral
vascular diseases, such as diabetic foot. However, conventional imaging modalities are …

Functional photoacoustic imaging: from nano-and micro-to macro-scale

B Park, D Oh, J Kim, C Kim - Nano Convergence, 2023 - Springer
Functional photoacoustic imaging is a promising biological imaging technique that offers
such unique benefits as scalable resolution and imaging depth, as well as the ability to …

[HTML][HTML] High-speed photoacoustic microscopy: a review dedicated on light sources

SW Cho, SM Park, B Park, TG Lee, BM Kim, C Kim… - Photoacoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, many methods have been investigated to improve imaging speed in
photoacoustic microscopy (PAM). These methods mainly focused upon three critical factors …

Contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging: a review focusing on the wavelength range

S Han, D Lee, S Kim, HH Kim, S Jeong, J Kim - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Photoacoustic imaging using endogenous chromophores as a contrast has been widely
applied in biomedical studies owing to its functional imaging capability at the molecular …

Practical review on photoacoustic computed tomography using curved ultrasound array transducer

J Yang, S Choi, C Kim - Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2022 - Springer
Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) has become a promising imaging modality
from laboratory to clinical research. Of many components of PACT system, the ultrasound …

[HTML][HTML] A photoacoustic finder fully integrated with a solid-state dye laser and transparent ultrasound transducer

B Park, M Han, J Park, T Kim, H Ryu, Y Seo, WJ Kim… - Photoacoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
The standard-of-care for evaluating lymph node status in breast cancers and melanoma
metastasis is sentinel lymph node (SLN) assessment performed with a handheld gamma …

Recent advances in deep-learning-enhanced photoacoustic imaging

J Yang, S Choi, J Kim, B Park… - Advanced Photonics …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI), recognized as a promising biomedical imaging modality for
preclinical and clinical studies, uniquely combines the advantages of optical and ultrasound …

Photoacoustic imaging systems based on clinical ultrasound platform

EY Park, H Lee, S Han, C Kim… - Experimental Biology and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Photoacoustic imaging has drawn a significant amount of attention due to its unique capacity
for functional, metabolic, and molecular imaging, which is achieved by the combination of …