Originally developed for diagnostic ultrasound imaging, piezoelectric transducers are the
most widespread technology employed in optoacoustic (photoacoustic) signal detection …

Fuelled by innovation, optical microscopy plays a critical role in the life sciences and
medicine, from basic discovery to clinical diagnostics. However, optical microscopy is limited …

Ultrasound detection is one of the major components of photoacoustic imaging systems.
Advancement in ultrasound transducer technology has a significant impact on the translation …

Objective: Photoacoustic (PA) imaging emerges as a unique tool to study biological samples
based on optical absorption contrast. In PA imaging, piezoelectric transducers are …

The photoacoustic effect has been broadly applied to generate high frequency and
broadband acoustic waves using lasers. However, the efficient conversion from laser energy …

The limitations of diagnostic echo ultrasound have motivated research into novel modalities
that complement ultrasound in a multimodal device. One promising candidate is speed of …

Medical ultrasound is an imaging technique that utilizes ultrasonic signals as information
carriers, and has wide applications such as seeing internal body structures, finding a source …

An all-optical ultrasound probe for vascular tissue imaging was developed. Ultrasound was
generated by pulsed laser illumination of a functionalized carbon nanotube composite …

The highly complementary information provided by multispectral optoacoustics and pulse-
echo ultrasound have recently prompted development of hybrid imaging instruments …

Aberrations of the acoustic wave front, caused by spatial variations of the speed-of-sound,
are a main limiting factor to the diagnostic power of medical ultrasound imaging. If not …