Contrast‐Enhanced Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography for Functional Assessment of the Gastrointestinal Tract [PDF]
Advanced Science, 2023 Real‐time imaging and functional assessment of the intestinal tract and its transit pose a significant challenge to conventional clinical diagnostic methods.
Lars‐Philip Paulus +19 more
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Precision of handheld multispectral optoacoustic tomography for muscle imaging [PDF]
Photoacoustics, 2021 Photo-or optoacoustic imaging (OAI) allows quantitative imaging of target tissues. Using multi-wavelength illumination with subsequent ultrasound detection, it may visualize a variety of different chromophores at centimeter depth.
Alexandra L. Wagner +14 more
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Evaluation of Tracheal Stenosis in Rabbits Using Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Objective: Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) and multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) are evolving technologies that are capable of delivering real-time, high-resolution images of tissues. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of
Yanting Wen +12 more
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Multispectral optoacoustic tomography for non-invasive disease phenotyping in pediatric spinal muscular atrophy patients [PDF]
Photoacoustics, 2022 Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare progressive, life limiting genetic motor neuron disease. While promising causal therapies are available, meaningful prognostic biomarkers for therapeutic monitoring are missing.
Adrian P. Regensburger +14 more
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Guided Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography for 3D Imaging of the Murine Colon [PDF]
Advanced ScienceMultispectral optoacoustic tomography is a promising medical imaging modality that combines light and sound to provide molecular imaging information at depths of several centimeters, based on the optical absorption of endogenous chromophores, such as ...
Adrian Buehler +16 more
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Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography of Skeletal Muscle Unveils Microcirculation and Oxygen Metabolism Alterations in Sarcopenia [PDF]
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and MuscleBackground Sarcopenia, a significant geriatric syndrome, faces challenges in accurate diagnosis due to limitations of current imaging techniques. This study explores the novel application of multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) in evaluating ...
Ying Yang +18 more
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Multispectral optoacoustic tomography of the human intestine – temporal precision and the influence of postprandial gastrointestinal blood flow [PDF]
Photoacoustics, 2023 Multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) holds great promise as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for inflammatory bowel diseases. Yet, reliability and the impact of physiological processes during fasting and after food intake on optoacoustic signals ...
Lars-Philip Paulus +17 more
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Eigenspectra optoacoustic tomography achieves quantitative blood oxygenation imaging deep in tissues
Nature Communications, 2016 Spectral corruption impedes imaging of blood oxygen saturation. Here Tzoumas et al.describe light fluence in the spectral domain and introduce eigenspectra Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography to account for wavelength-dependent light attenuation and ...
Stratis Tzoumas +8 more
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Multispectral optoacoustic tomography might be a helpful tool for noninvasive early diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis [PDF]
Photoacoustics, 2021 Currently used imaging methods for diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) frequently come along with exposure to radiation and can often only show long-term effects of the disease.
Sandra Hallasch +4 more
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Multispectral optoacoustic tomography for in vivo detection of lymph node metastases in oral cancer patients using an EGFR-targeted contrast agent and intrinsic tissue contrast: A proof-of-concept study [PDF]
Photoacoustics, 2022 Oral cancer patients undergo diagnostic surgeries to detect occult lymph node metastases missed by preoperative structural imaging techniques.
J. Vonk +10 more
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