New photoacoustic imaging modality for imaging internal organs based on single focus ultrasonic transducer

Wenming Xie; Hui Li; Zhifang Li; Jianying Zhang; Zhiping Zeng

doi:10.1117/12.870155

9 November 2010 New photoacoustic imaging modality for imaging internal organs based on single focus ultrasonic transducer

Wenming Xie, Hui Li, Zhifang Li, Jianying Zhang, Zhiping Zeng

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Proceedings Volume 7850, Optoelectronic Imaging and Multimedia Technology; 785004 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.870155
Event: Photonics Asia 2010, 2010, Beijing, China

Abstract

Photoacoustic imaging is a promising technique in practical medicine to image biological tissue's function and diagnose internal organs. In this paper, a new photoacoustic imaging modality for imaging internal organs was presented. A laser which wavelength is tunable was coupled into a multimode optical fiber. And the fiber was inserted into the inner tract of the samples to deliver light for exciting photoacoustic signals. The outgoing PA signal was detected by a focal ultrasound transducer with long focal length which was placed on the surface of the samples. By transducer scanning, we obtained a 2D cross-section photoacoustic image. Finally, we evaluate this system's performance and demonstrate its capabilities by imaging phantoms with complex structure.

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Wenming Xie, Hui Li, Zhifang Li, Jianying Zhang, and Zhiping Zeng "New photoacoustic imaging modality for imaging internal organs based on single focus ultrasonic transducer", Proc. SPIE 7850, Optoelectronic Imaging and Multimedia Technology, 785004 (9 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.870155

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