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Title: Compact photoacoustic tomography system
Authors: Kalva, Sandeep Kumar
Pramanik, Manojit
Keywords: Acoustic Reflector
Photoacoustic Tomography
Issue Date: 2017
Source: Kalva, S. K., & Pramanik, M. (2017). Compact photoacoustic tomography system. Proceedings of SPIE - Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2017, 10064, 100643X-.
Conference: Proceedings of SPIE - Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2017
Abstract: Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is a non-ionizing biomedical imaging modality which finds applications in brain imaging, tumor angiogenesis, monitoring of vascularization, breast cancer imaging, monitoring of oxygen saturation levels etc. Typical PAT systems uses Q-switched Nd:YAG laser light illumination, single element large ultrasound transducer (UST) as detector. By holding the UST in horizontal plane and moving it in a circular motion around the sample in full 2π radians photoacoustic data is collected and images are reconstructed. The horizontal positioning of the UST make the scanning radius large, leading to larger water tank and also increases the load on the motor that rotates the UST. To overcome this limitation, we present a compact photoacoustic tomographic (ComPAT) system. In this ComPAT system, instead of holding the UST in horizontal plane, it is held in vertical plane and the photoacoustic waves generated at the sample are detected by the UST after it is reflected at 45° by an acoustic reflector attached to the transducer body. With this we can reduce the water tank size and load on the motor, thus overall PAT system size can be reduced. Here we show that with the ComPAT system nearly similar PA images (phantom and in vivo data) can be obtained as that of the existing PAT systems using both flat and cylindrically focused transducers.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86899
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44307
DOI: 10.1117/12.2250493
Schools: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering 
Rights: © 2017 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This paper was published in Proceedings of SPIE - Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2017 and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2250493]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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