Focus-tunable fiber-laser ultrasound sensor for high-resolution linear-scanning photoacoustic computed tomography
Open Access
- 13 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 116 (15), 153701
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006248
Abstract
In this study, we presented a high-resolution linear-scanning photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) system with a focus-tunable fiber-laser ultrasound sensor. By bending the fiber laser into a curvature radius of 25mm, an 85 mu mx150 mu m in-plane resolution and a 300 mu m elevational resolution were achieved. The elevational resolution was similar to 3 times better than the previously reported value. Hair phantoms at multiple depths from 2cm to 6cm were clearly observed by tuning the bending curvature. Additionally, the fiber-laser-based PACT system showed its capability for high-resolution imaging of small animals based on the images of abdominal subcutaneous vasculatures from a rat. With the excitation light delivered by a fiber bundle and the ultrasound detected by a fiber laser, this all-fiber linear-scanning PACT system holds great potential for photoacoustic imaging in preclinical and clinical applications. Published under license by AIP Publishing.Funding Information
- Guangdong Province High-Level Talents Introducation Plan (2017GC010420)
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2017A030313361)
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2018030310587)
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (21617304)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (61705082)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1701268)
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