Theoretical and experimental investigation of multispectral photoacoustic osteoporosis detection method

Idan Steinberg; Hadas Sara Hershkovich; Israel Gannot; Avishay Eyal

doi:10.1117/12.2039030

3 March 2014 Theoretical and experimental investigation of multispectral photoacoustic osteoporosis detection method

Idan Steinberg, Hadas Sara Hershkovich, Israel Gannot, Avishay Eyal

Proceedings Volume 8943, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2014; 89434N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039030
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a widespread disorder, which has a catastrophic impact on patients lives and overwhelming related to healthcare costs. Recently, we proposed a multispectral photoacoustic technique for early detection of osteoporosis. Such technique has great advantages over pure ultrasonic or optical methods as it allows the deduction of both bone functionality from the bone absorption spectrum and bone resistance to fracture from the characteristics of the ultrasound propagation. We demonstrated the propagation of multiple acoustic modes in animal bones in-vitro. To further investigate the effects of multiple wavelength excitations and of induced osteoporosis on the PA signal a multispectral photoacoustic system is presented. The experimental investigation is based on measuring the interference of multiple acoustic modes. The performance of the system is evaluated and a simple two mode theoretical model is fitted to the measured phase signals. The results show that such PA technique is accurate and repeatable. Then a multiple wavelength excitation is tested. It is shown that the PA response due to different excitation wavelengths revels that absorption by the different bone constitutes has a profound effect on the mode generation. The PA response is measured in single wavelength before and after induced osteoporosis. Results show that induced osteoporosis alters the measured amplitude and phase in a consistent manner which allows the detection of the onset of osteoporosis. These results suggest that a complete characterization of the bone over a region of both acoustic and optical frequencies might be used as a powerful tool for in-vivo bone evaluation.

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Idan Steinberg, Hadas Sara Hershkovich, Israel Gannot, and Avishay Eyal "Theoretical and experimental investigation of multispectral photoacoustic osteoporosis detection method", Proc. SPIE 8943, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2014, 89434N (3 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039030

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Bone

Acoustics

Phase measurement

Photoacoustic spectroscopy

Absorption

Ultrasonics

Ultrasonography

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