High-resolution photoacoustic imaging with focused laser and ultrasonic beams

We report a photoacoustic imager that utilizes a focused laser beam in combination with a 20 MHz ultrasound focusing transducer to obtain micron-resolution tissue images over a long working distance. The imager is based on a ring transducer that combines ultrasonic and laser beams collinearly and co...

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Publié dans:Applied physics letters. - 1998. - 94(2009), 3 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 33902
Auteur principal: Kong, Fanting (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Chen, Y C, Lloyd, Harriet O, Silverman, Ronald H, Kim, Hyung Ham, Cannata, Jonathan M, Shung, K Kirk
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2009
Accès à la collection:Applied physics letters
Sujets:Journal Article