Combined ultrasound and optoacoustic system for real-time high-contrast vascular imaging in vivo

JJ Niederhauser, M Jaeger, R Lemor… - IEEE transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In optoacoustic imaging, short laser pulses irradiate highly scattering human tissue and
adiabatically heat embedded absorbing structures, such as blood vessels, to generate …

Transmission–reflection optoacoustic ultrasound (TROPUS) computed tomography of small animals

E Merčep, JL Herraiz, XL Deán-Ben… - Light: Science & …, 2019 - nature.com
Rapid progress in the development of multispectral optoacoustic tomography techniques
has enabled unprecedented insights into biological dynamics and molecular processes in …

Computed ultrasound tomography in echo mode for imaging speed of sound using pulse-echo sonography: proof of principle

M Jaeger, G Held, S Peeters, S Preisser… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2015 - Elsevier
The limitations of diagnostic echo ultrasound have motivated research into novel modalities
that complement ultrasound in a multimodal device. One promising candidate is speed of …

Fourier reconstruction in optoacoustic imaging using truncated regularized inverse k-space interpolation

M Jaeger, S Schüpbach, A Gertsch, M Kitz… - Inverse …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel Fourier transform based reconstruction algorithm for solving the inverse problem in
optoacoustic imaging is presented, which improves reconstruction efficiency and image …

Optoacoustic imaging with synthetic aperture focusing and coherence weighting

CK Liao, ML Li, PC Li - Optics letters, 2004 - opg.optica.org
Optoacoustic imaging takes advantage of high optical contrast and low acoustic scattering
and has found several biomedical applications. In the common backward mode a laser …

Fast multielement phase-controlled photoacoustic imaging based on limited-field-filtered back-projection algorithm

D Yang, D Xing, H Gu, Y Tan, L Zeng - Applied Physics Letters, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the multielement phase-controlled technique and the limited-field-filtered back-
projection algorithm are used to investigate the two-dimensional fast noninvasive …

[HTML][HTML] Clutter elimination for deep clinical optoacoustic imaging using localised vibration tagging (LOVIT)

M Jaeger, JC Bamber, M Frenz - Photoacoustics, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a novel method which allows clutter elimination in deep
optoacoustic imaging. Clutter significantly limits imaging depth in clinical optoacoustic …

Photoacoustic determination of blood vessel diameter

RGM Kolkman, JHGM Klaessens… - Physics in Medicine …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
A double-ring sensor was applied in photoacoustic tomographic imaging of artificial blood
vessels as well as blood vessels in a rabbit ear. The peak-to-peak time (τ pp) of the laser …

Real-time three-dimensional optoacoustic imaging using an acoustic lens system

JJ Niederhauser, M Jaeger, M Frenz - Applied Physics Letters, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
In medical optoacoustics (photoacoustics), absorbing structures, such as blood vessels,
hidden inside scattering media are illuminated with short laser pulses resulting in the …

Improving the quality of photoacoustic images using the short-lag spatial coherence imaging technique

B Pourebrahimi, S Yoon, D Dopsa… - … : Imaging and Sensing …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Clutter noise is an important challenge in photocoustic (PA) and ultrasound (US) imaging as
they degrade the image quality. In this paper, the short-lag spatial coherence (SLSC) …