Clinical translation of photoacoustic imaging

J Park, S Choi, F Knieling, B Clingman… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI), also known as optoacoustic imaging, is a promising
biomedical imaging technique that combines the benefits of rich optical contrast and high …

Criteria for the design of tissue-mimicking phantoms for the standardization of biophotonic instrumentation

L Hacker, H Wabnitz, A Pifferi, TJ Pfefer… - Nature biomedical …, 2022‏ - nature.com
A lack of accepted standards and standardized phantoms suitable for the technical
validation of biophotonic instrumentation hinders the reliability and reproducibility of its …

Biologically relevant photoacoustic imaging phantoms with tunable optical and acoustic properties

WC Vogt, C Jia, KA Wear, BS Garra… - … of biomedical optics, 2016‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Established medical imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging and
computed tomography rely on well-validated tissue-simulating phantoms for standardized …

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 …

Polydimethylsiloxane tissue-mimicking phantoms with tunable optical properties

AM Goldfain, P Lemaillet, DW Allen… - … of biomedical optics, 2022‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: The polymer, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), has been increasingly used to
make tissue simulating phantoms due to its excellent processability, durability, flexibility, and …

Characterisation of a phantom for multiwavelength quantitative photoacoustic imaging

M Fonseca, B Zeqiri, PC Beard… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Quantitative photoacoustic imaging (qPAI) has the potential to provide high-resolution in
vivo images of chromophore concentration, which may be indicative of tissue function and …

Handheld photoacoustic imager for theranostics in 3D

S Liu, X Feng, H **, R Zhang, Y Luo… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A handheld approach to 3D photoacoustic imaging is essential in clinical applications. To
this end, we develop a 3D handheld photoacoustic imager for dynamic (temporally and …

[HTML][HTML] Polyacrylamide hydrogel phantoms for performance evaluation of multispectral photoacoustic imaging systems

A Hariri, J Palma-Chavez, KA Wear, TJ Pfefer… - Photoacoustics, 2021‏ - Elsevier
As photoacoustic imaging (PAI) begins to mature and undergo clinical translation, there is a
need for well-validated, standardized performance test methods to support device …

A copolymer-in-oil tissue-mimicking material with tuneable acoustic and optical characteristics for photoacoustic imaging phantoms

L Hacker, J Joseph, AM Ivory, MO Saed… - … on Medical Imaging, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) standardisation demands a stable, highly reproducible physical
phantom to enable routine quality control and robust performance evaluation. To address …

A simple and robust nanosystem for photoacoustic imaging of bladder cancer based on α5β1-targeted gold nanorods

M Alfano, E Alchera, A Sacchi, A Gori, G Quilici… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Early detection and removal of bladder cancer in patients is crucial to prevent
tumor recurrence and progression. Because current imaging techniques may fail to detect …