Designing effective therapeutic strategies with multi-wavelength photoacoustic imaging

Author(s):  
Srivalleesha Mallidi
Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (22) ◽  
pp. 4861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Agrawal ◽  
Christopher Fadden ◽  
Ajay Dangi ◽  
Xinyi Yang ◽  
Hussain Albahrani ◽  
...  

Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) has been widely explored for non-ionizing functional and molecular imaging of humans and small animals. In order for light to penetrate deep inside tissue, a bulky and high-cost tunable laser is typically used. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have recently emerged as cost-effective and portable alternative illumination sources for photoacoustic imaging. In this study, we have developed a portable, low-cost, five-dimensional (x, y, z, t, λ ) PACT system using multi-wavelength LED excitation to enable similar functional and molecular imaging capabilities as standard tunable lasers. Four LED arrays and a linear ultrasound transducer detector array are housed in a hollow cylindrical geometry that rotates 360 degrees to allow multiple projections through the subject of interest placed inside the cylinder. The structural, functional, and molecular imaging capabilities of the LED–PACT system are validated using various tissue-mimicking phantom studies. The axial, lateral, and elevational resolutions of the system at 2.3 cm depth are estimated as 0.12 mm, 0.3 mm, and 2.1 mm, respectively. Spectrally unmixed photoacoustic contrasts from tubes filled with oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin, indocyanine green, methylene blue, and melanin molecules demonstrate the multispectral molecular imaging capabilities of the system. Human-finger-mimicking phantoms made of a bone and blood tubes show structural and functional oxygen saturation imaging capabilities. Together, these results demonstrate the potential of the proposed LED-based, low-cost, portable PACT system for pre-clinical and clinical applications.


Author(s):  
Tingyang Duan ◽  
Hengrong Lan ◽  
Hongtao Zhong ◽  
Meng Zhou ◽  
Ruochong Zhang ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Mustafa Umit Arabul ◽  
Maarten Heres ◽  
Marcel Rutten ◽  
Marc van Sambeek ◽  
Frans van de Vosse ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 4613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Nhu Y. Nguyen ◽  
Altaf Hussain ◽  
Wiendelt Steenbergen

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 738-745
Author(s):  
Hongtao Zhong ◽  
Daohuai Jiang ◽  
Hengrong Lan ◽  
Tingyang Duan ◽  
Feng Gao ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 242-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebrahim Najafzadeh ◽  
Hossein Ghadiri ◽  
Maysam Alimohamadi ◽  
Parastoo Farnia ◽  
Mohammad Mehrmohammadi ◽  
...  

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