Photoacoustic imaging and characterization of the microvasculature

S Hu, LV Wang - Journal of biomedical optics, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photoacoustic (optoacoustic) tomography, combining optical absorption contrast and highly
scalable spatial resolution (from micrometer optical resolution to millimeter acoustic …

Optoacoustic imaging and tomography: reconstruction approaches and outstanding challenges in image performance and quantification

C Lutzweiler, D Razansky - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
This paper comprehensively reviews the emerging topic of optoacoustic imaging from the
image reconstruction and quantification perspective. Optoacoustic imaging combines highly …

Single-breath-hold photoacoustic computed tomography of the breast

L Lin, P Hu, J Shi, CM Appleton, K Maslov, L Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
We have developed a single-breath-hold photoacoustic computed tomography (SBH-PACT)
system to reveal detailed angiographic structures in human breasts. SBH-PACT features a …

Impact of system factors on the performance of photoacoustic tomography scanners

C Tian, M Pei, K Shen, S Liu, Z Hu, T Feng - Physical Review Applied, 2020 - APS
High-performance imaging is essential for widespread applications of photoacoustic
tomography (PAT) in biomedicine. So far, no comprehensive studies are reported on the …

An imaging model incorporating ultrasonic transducer properties for three-dimensional optoacoustic tomography

K Wang, SA Ermilov, R Su, HP Brecht… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optoacoustic tomography (OAT) is a hybrid imaging modality that combines the advantages
of optical and ultrasound imaging. Most existing reconstruction algorithms for OAT assume …

Photoacoustic tomography of tissue subwavelength microstructure with a narrowband and low frequency system

Y Yang, S Wang, C Tao, X Wang, X Liu - Applied Physics Letters, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Based on the analyzed relationship between the microstructure and the spectral parameters
of photoacoustic signal, a tomography scheme with a narrowband and low frequency is …

Pre-migration: a general extension for photoacoustic imaging reconstruction

H Jin, Z Zheng, S Liu, R Zhang, X Liao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, photoacoustic image reconstruction has received extensive attention.
Various reconstruction methods, such as back-projection, frequency domain reconstruction …

High-numerical-aperture-based virtual point detectors for photoacoustic tomography

C Li, LV Wang - Applied physics letters, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The focal point of a high-numerical-aperture (NA) ultrasonic transducer can be used as a
virtual point detector. This virtual point detector detects omnidirectionally over a wide …

Adapted coherent weighting in photoacoustic tomography

S Hakakzadeh, SM Mostafavi… - 2021 28th National …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we proposed an adapted coherent factor (ACF), which is applied to a circular
scanning photoacoustic computed tomography (C-PACT) arrangement. For validation, ACF …

Photoacoustic tomography of the mouse cerebral cortex with a high-numerical-aperture-based virtual point detector

C Li, LV Wang - Journal of biomedical optics, 2009 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The mouse cerebral cortex was imaged in situ by photoacoustic tomography (PAT). Instead
of a flat ultrasonic transducer, a virtual point detector based on a high numerical aperture …