Originally developed for diagnostic ultrasound imaging, piezoelectric transducers are the
most widespread technology employed in optoacoustic (photoacoustic) signal detection …

Visualization of dynamic functional and molecular events in an unperturbed in vivo
environment is essential for understanding the complex biology of living organisms and of …

Fuelled by innovation, optical microscopy plays a critical role in the life sciences and
medicine, from basic discovery to clinical diagnostics. However, optical microscopy is limited …

Ultrasound detection is one of the major components of photoacoustic imaging systems.
Advancement in ultrasound transducer technology has a significant impact on the translation …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) takes advantage of both optical and ultrasound imaging
properties to visualize optical absorption with high resolution and contrast. Photoacoustic …

Significance: Acoustically detecting the rich optical absorption contrast in biological tissues,
photoacoustic tomography (PAT) seamlessly bridges the functional and molecular sensitivity …

Laser ultrasonic testing (LUT) technology is one of the most powerful techniques in the field
of non-destructive testing (NDT) or structural health monitoring (SHM). Contactless …

We experimentally demonstrate and theoretically analyze high Q-factor (~ 107) capillary-
based optical ring resonators for non-contact detection of air-coupled ultrasound. Noise …

Fast functional photoacoustic microscopy requires multi-wavelength pulsed laser sources
with high pulse repetition rates, short wavelength switching time, and sufficient pulse …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a noninvasive biomedical imaging technology capable of
multiscale imaging of biological samples from organs down to cells. Multiscale PAI requires …