ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Investigation of the Effect of the Skull in Transcranial Photoacoustic Imaging: A Preliminary Ex Vivo Study.
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- Acoustic impact of the human skull on transcranial photoacoustic imaging.Biomedical optics express · 2021Article
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Abstract
Although transcranial photoacoustic imaging (TCPAI) has been used in small animal brain imaging, in animals with thicker skull bones or in humans both light illumination and ultrasound propagation paths are affected. Hence, the PA image is largely degraded and in some cases completely distorted. This study aims to investigate and determine the maximum thickness of the skull through which photoacoustic imaging is feasible in terms of retaining the imaging target structure without incorporating any post processing. We identify the effect of the skull on both the illumination path and acoustic propagation path separately and combined. In the experimental phase, the distorting effect of ex vivo sheep skull bones with thicknesses in the range of 0.7~1.3 mm are explored. We believe that the findings in this study facilitate the clinical translation of TCPAI.
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