Feasibility of noncontact piezoelectric detection of photoacoustic signals in tissue-mimicking phantoms

Roy G.M. Kolkman; Erik Blomme; Tijl Cool; Mattias Bilcke; Ton G. van Leeuwen; Wiendelt Steenbergen; Kees A. Grimbergen; Gerard J. den Heeten

doi:10.1117/1.3491113

1 September 2010 Feasibility of noncontact piezoelectric detection of photoacoustic signals in tissue-mimicking phantoms

Roy G.M. Kolkman, Erik Blomme, Tijl Cool, Mattias Bilcke, Ton G. van Leeuwen, Wiendelt Steenbergen, Kees A. Grimbergen, Gerard J. den Heeten

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 15, Issue 5, 055011 (September 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3491113

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.

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Roy G.M. Kolkman, Erik Blomme, Tijl Cool, Mattias Bilcke, Ton G. van Leeuwen, Wiendelt Steenbergen, Kees A. Grimbergen, and Gerard J. den Heeten "Feasibility of noncontact piezoelectric detection of photoacoustic signals in tissue-mimicking phantoms," Journal of Biomedical Optics 15(5), 055011 (1 September 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3491113

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