Sustained real-time and video-rate interventional optical ultrasound imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Significance

Minimally invasive surgery offers improved recovery times and reduced complication risk compared with open surgery. However, effective image acquisition probes suitable for deployment in clinical workflows are key to the success of such procedures. Fiber-optic optical ultrasound (OpUS) offers strong potential for interventional image guidance due to its small lateral probe dimensions and high imaging resolution, but to date, such miniature imaging probes have only yielded M-mode (single image line) or still images.

Aim

Here, we present a motorized actuation approach to fiber-optic interventional OpUS imaging that enables sustained and video-rate imaging while retaining its small form factor.

Approach

A fabrication method utilizing a commercial laser cutte

SUBMITTER: Stafford-Williams RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11927002 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature