Photoacoustic-guided surgery from head to toe

A Wiacek, MA Lediju Bell - Biomedical Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Photoacoustic imaging–the combination of optics and acoustics to visualize differences in
optical absorption–has recently demonstrated strong viability as a promising method to …

Review of consensus test methods in medical imaging and current practices in photoacoustic image quality assessment

J Palma-Chavez, TJ Pfefer, A Agrawal… - Journal of …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a powerful emerging technology with broad
clinical applications, but consensus test methods are needed to standardize performance …

Biophotonic technologies for assessment of breast tumor surgical margins—A review

G Balasundaram, C Krafft, R Zhang, K Dev… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Breast conserving surgery (BCS) offering similar surgical outcomes as mastectomy while
retaining breast cosmesis is becoming increasingly popular for the management of early …

Repurposing molecular imaging and sensing for cancer image–guided surgery

SB Mondal, CM O'Brien, K Bishop… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
Gone are the days when medical imaging was used primarily to visualize anatomic
structures. The emergence of molecular imaging (MI), championed by radiolabeled 18F …

Recent advances toward clinical applications of photoacoustic microscopy: a review

M Seong, SL Chen - Science China Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging technology that has been dramatically
developed in the last decade. PAI, a combination of optical illumination and ultrasound …

Assessment of photoacoustic tomography contrast for breast tissue imaging using 3D correlative virtual histology

GS Sangha, B Hu, G Li, SE Fox, AB Sholl, JQ Brown… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Current breast tumor margin detection methods are destructive, time-consuming, and result
in significant reoperative rates. Dual-modality photoacoustic tomography (PAT) and …

Approaching closed spherical, full-view detection for photoacoustic tomography

LCM Yip, P Omidi, E Rascevska… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is a widely explored imaging modality and
has excellent potential for clinical applications. On the acoustic detection side, limited-view …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the feasibility of a hand-held photoacoustic imaging probe for margin assessment during breast conserving surgery

E Rascevska, LCM Yip, P Omidi, M Brackstone… - Photoacoustics, 2022 - Elsevier
Approximately 19% of breast cancer patients undergoing breast conserving surgery (BCS)
must return for a secondary surgery due to incomplete tumour removal. Our previous work …

Full-view volumetric photoacoustic imaging using a hemispheric transducer array combined with an acoustic reflector

M Sun, X Wang, Y Wang, Y Meng, D Gao… - Biomedical Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) has evoked extensive interest for applications
in preclinical and clinical research. However, the current systems suffer from the limited view …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid-weighted intraoperative photoacoustic tomography of breast tumors: volumetric comparison to preoperative MRI

I Kosik, M Brackstone, A Kornecki, A Chamson-Reig… - Photoacoustics, 2020 - Elsevier
With a lifetime risk of 1 in 8, breast cancer continues to be a major concern for women and
their physicians. The optimal treatment of the disease depends on the stage of the cancer at …