Abstract
Photo-acoustic imaging, also known as opto-acoustic imaging, has become a widely popular modality for biomedical applications. This hybrid technique possesses the advantages of high optical contrast and high ultrasonic resolution. Due to the distinct optical absorption properties of tissue compartments and main chromophores, photo-acoustics is able to non-invasively observe structural and functional variations within biological tissues including oxygenation and deoxygenation, blood vessels and spatial melanin distribution. The detection of acoustic waves produced by a pulsed laser source yields a high scaling range, from organ level photo-acoustic tomography to sub-cellular or even molecular imaging. This review discusses significant novel technical solutions utilising photo-acoustics and their applications in the fields of biomedicine and life sciences.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 588 |
| Journal | Life |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Apr 2022 |
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Keywords
- photo-acoustics
- opto-acoustic imaging
- biomedical imaging
- photo-acoustic tomography
- photo-acoustic microscopy
- photo-acoustic endoscopy