Improvement of depth resolution on photoacoustic imaging using multiphoton absorption

Yoshihisa Yamaoka; Katsuji Fujiwara; Tetsuro Takamatsu

doi:10.1117/12.728204

16 July 2007 Improvement of depth resolution on photoacoustic imaging using multiphoton absorption

Yoshihisa Yamaoka, Katsuji Fujiwara, Tetsuro Takamatsu

Proceedings Volume 6631, Novel Optical Instrumentation for Biomedical Applications III; 663102 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.728204
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2007, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Commercial imaging systems, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, are frequently used powerful tools for observing structures deep within the human body. However, they cannot precisely visualized several-tens micrometer-sized structures for lack of spatial resolution. In this presentation, we propose photoacoustic imaging using multiphoton absorption technique to generate ultrasonic waves as a means of improving depth resolution. Since the multiphoton absorption occurs at only the focus point and the employed infrared pulses deeply penetrate living tissues, it enables us to extract characteristic features of structures embedded in the living tissue. When nanosecond pulses from a 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser were focused on Rhodamine B/chloroform solution (absorption peak: 540 nm), the peak intensity of the generated photoacoustic signal was proportional to the square of the input pulse energy. This result shows that the photoacoustic signals can be induced by the two-photon absorption of infrared nanosecond pulse laser and also can be detected by a commercial low-frequency MHz transducer. Furthermore, in order to evaluate the depth resolution of multiphoton-photoacoustic imaging, we investigated the dependence of photoacoustic signal on depth position using a 1-mm-thick phantom in a water bath. We found that the depth resolution of two-photon photoacoustic imaging (1064 nm) is greater than that of one-photon photoacoustic imaging (532 nm). We conclude that evolving multiphoton-photoacoustic imaging technology renders feasible the investigation of biomedical phenomena at the deep layer in living tissue.

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Yoshihisa Yamaoka, Katsuji Fujiwara, and Tetsuro Takamatsu "Improvement of depth resolution on photoacoustic imaging using multiphoton absorption", Proc. SPIE 6631, Novel Optical Instrumentation for Biomedical Applications III, 663102 (16 July 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.728204

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