Photoacoustic endoscopy
Joon-Mo Yang, Konstantin Maslov, Hao-Chung Yang, Qifa Zhou, K Kirk Shung, Lihong V Wang, Joon-Mo Yang, Konstantin Maslov, Hao-Chung Yang, Qifa Zhou, K Kirk Shung, Lihong V Wang
Abstract
We have developed photoacoustic endoscopy with a miniaturized imaging probe. A light-guiding optical fiber, an ultrasonic sensor, and a mechanical scanning unit are integrated to enable circumferential sector scanning, which produces B-scan images. Biological tissues, including the gastrointestinal tract of a rat, have been imaged ex vivo or in situ.
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Source: PubMed