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    • Medical imaging
    • Laser-based diagnostics

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    • Conventional laser speckle imaging (LSI) visualizes superficial blood flow by analyzing speckle contrast.
    • Optical scattering by stationary structures limits LSI's ability to image small or subsurface vasculature.
    • Improved imaging techniques are needed to overcome current limitations in blood flow visualization.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce and evaluate a novel photothermal laser speckle imaging (LSI) technique.
    • To enhance the visualization of subsurface and small blood vessels.
    • To overcome the limitations of conventional LSI caused by optical scattering.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a photothermal LSI technique utilizing a 595 nm laser pulse.
    • Applied the technique to both in vitro and in vivo samples.
    • Excited blood with the laser to induce localized heating and increased scatterer motion.

    Main Results:

    • Photothermal LSI successfully visualized blood vessels not detectable with conventional LSI.
    • The method leverages the high absorption of blood at 595 nm for efficient optical-to-thermal energy conversion.
    • Transient decreases in speckle contrast correlated with increased temperature and scatterer motion.

    Conclusions:

    • Photothermal LSI significantly improves the visualization of hidden blood vessels.
    • This technique offers a promising advancement for non-invasive blood flow imaging.
    • Photothermal LSI expands the capabilities of laser speckle imaging for deeper vasculature.