Hand-held optoacoustic imaging: A review
Photoacoustics, 2018 Optoacoustic imaging is a medical imaging modality that uses optical excitation and acoustic detection to generate images of tissue structures based up optical absorption within a tissue sample.
Mason W. Schellenberg, Heather K. Hunt
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Spotlight on Nerves: Portable Multispectral Optoacoustic Imaging of Peripheral Nerve Vascularization and Morphology [PDF]
Advanced Science, 2023 Various morphological and functional parameters of peripheral nerves and their vascular supply are indicative of pathological changes due to injury or disease.
Dominik Jüstel +7 more
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Image processing improvements afford second-generation handheld optoacoustic imaging of breast cancer patients [PDF]
Photoacoustics, 2022 Background: Since the initial breast transillumination almost a century ago, breast cancer imaging using light has been considered in different implementations aiming to improve diagnostics, minimize the number of available biopsies, or monitor treatment.
Jan Kukačka +9 more
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Improved pentamethine cyanine nanosensors for optoacoustic imaging of pancreatic cancer [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Optoacoustic imaging is a new biomedical imaging technology with clear benefits over traditional optical imaging and ultrasound. While the imaging technology has improved since its initial development, the creation of dedicated contrast agents for ...
Matthew D. Laramie +8 more
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Cucurbit[8]uril-based water-dispersible assemblies with enhanced optoacoustic performance for multispectral optoacoustic imaging [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Organic small-molecule contrast agents have attracted considerable attention in the field of multispectral optoacoustic imaging, but their weak optoacoustic performance resulted from relatively low extinction coefficient and poor water solubility ...
Yinglong Wu +14 more
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Multimodal Contrast Agents for Optoacoustic Brain Imaging in Small Animals
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Optoacoustic (photoacoustic) imaging has demonstrated versatile applications in biomedical research, visualizing the disease pathophysiology and monitoring the treatment effect in an animal model, as well as toward applications in the clinical setting ...
Xue-feng Shi +5 more
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Croconaine-based nanoparticles enable efficient optoacoustic imaging of murine brain tumors [PDF]
Photoacoustics, 2021 Contrast enhancement in optoacoustic (photoacoustic) imaging can be achieved with agents that exhibit high absorption cross-sections, high photostability, low quantum yield, low toxicity, and preferential bio-distribution and clearance profiles. Based on
Nian Liu +17 more
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Optimizing image fidelity in a spherical array geometry for pulse-echo ultrasound and volumetric optoacoustic imaging [PDF]
PhotoacousticsSpherical arrays are commonly used in volumetric optoacoustic tomography for optimal data acquisition. Yet, such a configuration poses challenges for integration with pulse-echo ultrasound used for image guidance, which relies on different signal ...
Cheng-Feng Tommy Chiang +5 more
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Sonophore labeled RGD: a targeted contrast agent for optoacoustic imaging
Photoacoustics, 2017 Optoacoustic imaging is a rapidly expanding field for the diagnosis, characterization, and treatment evaluation of cancer. However, the availability of tumor specific exogenous contrast agents is still limited.
Katja Haedicke +5 more
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Multifunctional croconaine nanoparticles for efficient optoacoustic imaging of deep tumors and photothermal therapy [PDF]
Nanophotonics, 2022 The proper design of near-infrared light-absorbing agents enables efficient optoacoustic imaging-guided phototherapy. In particular, several croconaine-based organic agents with excellent optical properties have been recently reported for this purpose ...
Liu Nian +8 more
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