Contrast agents for molecular photoacoustic imaging

J Weber, PC Beard, SE Bohndiek - Nature methods, 2016 - nature.com
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 …

Biomedical photoacoustic imaging

P Beard - Interface focus, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging, also called optoacoustic imaging, is a new biomedical imaging
modality based on the use of laser-generated ultrasound that has emerged over the last …

Advanced optoacoustic methods for multiscale imaging of in vivo dynamics

XL Deán-Ben, S Gottschalk, B Mc Larney… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

New frontiers in time-domain diffuse optics, a review

A Pifferi, D Contini, AD Mora, A Farina… - … of biomedical optics, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The recent developments in time-domain diffuse optics that rely on physical concepts (eg,
time-gating and null distance) and advanced photonic components (eg, vertical cavity …

Diffuse optical imaging using spatially and temporally modulated light

TD O'Sullivan, AE Cerussi, DJ Cuccia… - … of biomedical optics, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The authors describe the development of diffuse optical imaging (DOI) technologies,
specifically the use of spatial and temporal modulation to control near infrared light …

Spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging of lipid-rich plaques in the human aorta in the 740 to 1400 nm wavelength range

TJ Allen, A Hall, AP Dhillon, JS Owen… - Journal of biomedical …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging has the potential to discriminate between normal and
lipid-rich atheromatous areas of arterial tissue by exploiting the differences in the absorption …

Quantitative spatially resolved measurement of tissue chromophore concentrations using photoacoustic spectroscopy: application to the measurement of blood …

J Laufer, D Delpy, C Elwell… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
A new approach based on pulsed photoacoustic spectroscopy for non-invasively quantifying
tissue chromophore concentrations with high spatial resolution has been developed. The …

Selective photothermolysis of lipid‐rich tissues: A free electron laser study

RR Anderson, W Farinelli, H Laubach… - Lasers in Surgery …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives In theory, infrared vibrational bands could be used for
selective photothermolysis of lipid‐rich tissues such as fat, sebaceous glands, or …

Estimation of lipid and water concentrations in scattering media with diffuse optical spectroscopy from

R Nachabe, BHW Hendriks… - … of biomedical optics, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We demonstrate a method to estimate the concentrations of water and lipid in scattering
media such as biological tissues with diffuse optical spectra acquired over the range of 900 …

Possible existence of optical communication channels in the brain

S Kumar, K Boone, J Tuszyński, P Barclay, C Simon - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Given that many fundamental questions in neuroscience are still open, it seems pertinent to
explore whether the brain might use other physical modalities than the ones that have been …