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- Title
Feasibility of noncontact piezoelectric detection of photoacoustic signals in tissue-mimicking phantoms.
- Authors
Roy G. M. Kolkman; Erik Blomme; Tijl Cool; Mattias Bilcke; Ton G. van Leeuwen; Wiendelt Steenbergen; Kees A. Grimbergen; Gerard J. den Heeten
- Abstract
The feasibility of air-coupled ultrasound transducers to detect laser-induced ultrasound from artificial blood vessels embedded in an optically scattering phantom is demonstrated. These air-coupled transducers allow new applications in biomedical photoacoustic imaging where contact with tissue is not preferred. One promising application of such transducers is the addition of photoacoustic imaging to the regular x-ray mammographic screening procedure.
- Subjects
PIEZOELECTRICITY; PHOTOACOUSTIC spectroscopy; IMAGING phantoms; BLOOD vessels; TRANSDUCERS; FEASIBILITY studies; MEDICAL imaging systems
- Publication
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 5, p055011
- ISSN
1083-3668
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1117/1.3491113