Breakthroughs in Photonics 2013: Photoacoustic Tomography in Biomedicine

IEEE Photonics Journal

Junjie Yao¹  Lihong V. Wang¹ 

[1] Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA;

关键词: Photoacoustic tomography;    optical absorption contrast;    super-resolution;    blood flow;    functional human imaging;    breast imaging;   

DOI  :  10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2310197

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is one of the fastest growing biomedical imaging modalities in the last decade. Building on its high scalability and complementary imaging contrast to other mainstream modalities, PAT has gained substantial momentum in both preclinical and clinical studies. In 2013, PAT has grown markedly in both its technological capabilities and biomedical applications. In particular, breakthroughs have been made in super-resolution imaging, deep blood flow measurement, small animal resting state brain mapping, video rate functional human imaging, and human breast imaging. These breakthroughs have either successfully solved long-standing technical issues in PAT or significantly enhanced its imaging capability. This review will summarize state-of-the-art developments in PAT and highlight a few representative achievements of the year 2013.

【 授权许可】

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