Signal and image processing in biomedical photoacoustic imaging: a review

R Manwar, M Zafar, Q Xu - Optics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a powerful imaging modality that relies on the PA effect. PAI
works on the principle of electromagnetic energy absorption by the exogenous contrast …

Photoacoustic imaging aided with deep learning: a review

P Rajendran, A Sharma, M Pramanik - Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2022 - Springer
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging hybrid imaging modality integrating the benefits
of both optical and ultrasound imaging. Although PAI exhibits superior imaging capabilities …

Technical considerations in the Verasonics research ultrasound platform for develo** a photoacoustic imaging system

K Kratkiewicz, R Manwar, Y Zhou… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging functional and molecular imaging technology
that has attracted much attention in the past decade. Recently, many researchers have used …

[HTML][HTML] Practical photoacoustic tomography: realistic limitations and technical solutions

W Choi, D Oh, C Kim - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This article offers a perspective on photoacoustic tomography (PAT) under realistic
scenarios. While PAT has gained much attention in preclinical and clinical research, most …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear mechanisms in photoacoustics—powerful tools in photoacoustic imaging

R Gao, Z Xu, Y Ren, L Song, C Liu - Photoacoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
Many nonlinear effects have been discovered and developed in photoacoustic imaging.
These nonlinear mechanisms have been explored for different utilizations, such as …

Evaluation of 10 current image reconstruction algorithms for linear array photoacoustic imaging

R Prakash, R Manwar, K Avanaki - Journal of Biophotonics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Various reconstruction algorithms have been implemented for linear array photoacoustic
imaging systems with the goal of accurately reconstructing the strength absorbers within the …

[HTML][HTML] The double-stage delay-multiply-and-sum image reconstruction method improves imaging quality in a led-based photoacoustic array scanner

M Mozaffarzadeh, A Hariri, C Moore, JV Jokerst - Photoacoustics, 2018 - Elsevier
Light-emitting diode-based photoacoustic imaging is more compact and affordable than
laser-based systems, but it has low power and hence a high number of replicates. Here, we …

Eigenspace-based minimum variance combined with delay multiply and sum beamformer: Application to linear-array photoacoustic imaging

M Mozaffarzadeh, A Mahloojifar… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In photoacoustic imaging, delay-and-sum (DAS) algorithm is the most commonly used
beamformer. However, it leads to a low resolution and high level of sidelobes. Delay …

Development of a stationary 3D photoacoustic imaging system using sparse single-element transducers: Phantom study

K Kratkiewicz, R Manwar, M Zafar… - Applied sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging label-free and non-invasive modality for
imaging biological tissues. PAI has been implemented in different configurations, one of …

Nonlinear pth root spectral magnitude scaling beamforming for clinical photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging

S Cho, S Jeon, W Choi, R Managuli, C Kim - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
A recently introduced nonlinear pth root delay-and-sum (NL-p-DAS) beamforming (BF)
technique for ultrasound (US) and photoacoustic (PA) imaging, achieving better spatial and …