Small-animal whole-body photoacoustic tomography: a review

J **a, LV Wang - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the wide use of small animals for biomedical studies, in vivo small-animal whole-body
imaging plays an increasingly important role. Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is an …

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 …

Full-wave iterative image reconstruction in photoacoustic tomography with acoustically inhomogeneous media

C Huang, K Wang, L Nie, LV Wang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Existing approaches to image reconstruction in photoacoustic computed tomography
(PACT) with acoustically heterogeneous media are limited to weakly varying media, are …

Generation of anatomically realistic numerical phantoms for photoacoustic and ultrasonic breast imaging

Y Lou, W Zhou, TP Matthews… - … of biomedical optics, 2017‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) and ultrasound computed tomography (USCT)
are emerging modalities for breast imaging. As in all emerging imaging technologies …

Application of photoacoustic computed tomography in biomedical imaging: A literature review

Y Gu, Y Sun, X Wang, H Li, J Qiu… - … & translational medicine, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) is a hybrid imaging modality that combines
optical excitation and acoustic detection techniques. It obtains high‐resolution deep‐tissue …

Speed‐of‐sound compensated photoacoustic tomography for accurate imaging

J Jose, RGH Willemink, W Steenbergen… - Medical …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: In most photoacoustic (PA) tomographic reconstructions, variations in speed‐of‐
sound (SOS) of the subject are neglected under the assumption of acoustic homogeneity …

The effects of acoustic attenuation in optoacoustic signals

XL Deán-Ben, D Razansky… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2011‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, it is demonstrated that the effects of acoustic attenuation may play a significant
role in establishing the quality of tomographic optoacoustic reconstructions. Accordingly …

All-optical rotational ultrasound imaging

RJ Colchester, C Little, G Dwyer, S Noimark… - Scientific Reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Miniaturised high-resolution imaging devices are valuable for guiding minimally invasive
procedures such as vascular stent placements. Here, we present all-optical rotational B …

In vivo whole-body optoacoustic scanner with real-time volumetric imaging capacity

TF Fehm, XL Deán-Ben, SJ Ford, D Razansky - Optica, 2016‏ - opg.optica.org
Accurate visualization of biological events occurring on a sub-second scale requires high
frame rate acquisition of image data from living tissues. Yet, fast imaging performance …

Initial results of finger imaging using photoacoustic computed tomography

P van Es, SK Biswas, HJB Moens… - … of biomedical optics, 2014‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present a photoacoustic computed tomography investigation on a healthy human finger,
to image blood vessels with a focus on vascularity across the interphalangeal joints. The …