[HTML][HTML] Minimally invasive photoacoustic imaging: Current status and future perspectives

T Zhao, AE Desjardins, S Ourselin, T Vercauteren… - Photoacoustics, 2019 - Elsevier
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging biomedical imaging modality that is based on
optical absorption contrast, capable of revealing distinct spectroscopic signatures of tissue at …

Recent advances in transducers for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging

C Peng, H Wu, S Kim, X Dai, X Jiang - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a well-known medical imaging methodology, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging
plays a critical role in diagnosis, treatment guidance and post-treatment assessment of …

Beyond fundamental resonance mode: high-order multi-band ALN PMUT for in vivo photoacoustic imaging

J Cai, Y Wang, D Jiang, S Zhang, YA Gu… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
This paper reports on an aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound
transducer (PMUT) array for photoacoustic (PA) imaging, where the high-order resonance …

Hybrid intravascular imaging: recent advances, technical considerations, and current applications in the study of plaque pathophysiology

CV Bourantas, FA Jaffer, FJ Gijsen… - European heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cumulative evidence from histology-based studies demonstrate that the currently available
intravascular imaging techniques have fundamental limitations that do not allow complete …

Photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine and life sciences

A Neprokin, C Broadway, T Myllylä, A Bykov… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Photo-acoustic imaging, also known as opto-acoustic imaging, has become a widely
popular modality for biomedical applications. This hybrid technique possesses the …

High-sensitivity intravascular photoacoustic imaging of lipid–laden plaque with a collinear catheter design

Y Cao, J Hui, A Kole, P Wang, Q Yu, W Chen… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
A highly sensitive catheter probe is critical to catheter-based intravascular photoacoustic
imaging. Here, we present a photoacoustic catheter probe design on the basis of collinear …

[HTML][HTML] Intra-instrument channel workable, optical-resolution photoacoustic and ultrasonic mini-probe system for gastrointestinal endoscopy

M Kim, KW Lee, KS Kim, O Gulenko, C Lee, B Keum… - Photoacoustics, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been a long-standing expectation that the optical-resolution embodiment of
photoacoustic tomography could have a substantial impact on gastrointestinal endoscopy by …

Real-time volumetric lipid imaging in vivo by intravascular photoacoustics at 20 frames per second

M Wu, G Springeling, M Lovrak, F Mastik… - Biomedical optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Lipid deposition can be assessed with combined intravascular photoacoustic/ultrasound
(IVPA/US) imaging. To date, the clinical translation of IVPA/US imaging has been stalled by …

Ultracompact high-resolution photoacoustic microscopy

Q Chen, H Guo, T Jin, W Qi, H Xie, L Xi - Optics letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Optical resolution photoacoustic microscopy (ORPAM), benefiting from rich optical contrast,
scalable acoustic resolution, and deep penetration depth, is of great importance for the fields …

Real-time intravascular photoacoustic-ultrasound imaging of lipid-laden plaque in human coronary artery at 16 frames per second

J Hui, Y Cao, Y Zhang, A Kole, P Wang, G Yu… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Intravascular photoacoustic-ultrasound (IVPA-US) imaging is an emerging hybrid modality
for the detection of lipid-laden plaques, as it provides simultaneous morphological and lipid …