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Hand-held Clinical Photoacoustic Imaging System for Real-time Non-invasive Small Animal Imaging
Published on: October 16, 2017
Photoacoustic clinical applications: Musculoskeletal and abdominal imaging
Linyu Ni1, Xueding Wang1, Guan Xu2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2200 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Abstract:
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has been extensively investigated in application in biomedicine over the last decade. This article reviews the motivation, significance, and system configuration of a few ongoing studies of implementing photoacoustic technology in musculoskeletal imaging, abdominal imaging, and interstitial sensing. The review then summarizes the methodologies and latest progress of relevant projects. Finally, we discuss our expectations for the future of translation research in PA imaging.
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