A Transparent Ultrasound Array for Real-Time Optical, Ultrasound, and Photoacoustic Imaging.

ABSTRACT: Objective and Impact Statement. Simultaneous imaging of ultrasound and optical contrasts can help map structural, functional, and molecular biomarkers inside living subjects with high spatial resolution. There is a need to develop a platform to facilitate this multimodal imaging capability to improve diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. Introduction. Currently, combining ultrasound, photoacoustic, and optical imaging modalities is challenging because conventional ultrasound transducer arrays are optically opaque. As a result, complex geometries are used to coalign both optical and ultrasound waves in the same field of view. Methods. One elegant solution is to make the ultrasound transducer transparent to light. Here, we demonstrate a novel transparent ultrasound tra

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10521654 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature