Optical imaging has played a pivotal role in biology and medicine, but it faces challenges of
relatively low tissue penetration and poor signal‐to‐background ratio due to light scattering …

The life sciences can benefit greatly from imaging technologies that connect microscopic
discoveries with macroscopic observations. One technology uniquely positioned to provide …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging tool that bridges the traditional depth limits of
ballistic optical imaging and the resolution limits of diffuse optical imaging. Using the …

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is an emerging imaging modality that shows great
potential for preclinical research and clinical practice. As a hybrid technique, PAT is based …

Visualization of dynamic functional and molecular events in an unperturbed in vivo
environment is essential for understanding the complex biology of living organisms and of …

Photoacoustic imaging allows absorption-based high-resolution spectroscopic in vivo
imaging at a depth beyond that of optical microscopy. Until recently, photoacoustic imaging …

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a new hybrid imaging modality holds great promise for real-
time in vivo monitoring of biological processes with deep tissue penetration and high spatial …

Human brain mapping has become one of the most exciting contemporary research areas,
with major breakthroughs expected in the coming decades. Modern brain imaging …

The phthalocyanine (Pc) and naphthalocyanine (Nc) nanoagents have drawn much
attention as contrast agents for photoacoustic (PA) imaging due to their large extinction …

Genetically encoded contrast in photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is complementary to the
intrinsic contrast provided by endogenous absorbing chromophores such as hemoglobin …