ArticleBiomedical optics express2021
Photoacoustic dual-scan mammoscope: results from 38 patients.
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- Photoacoustic imaging of peripheral vessels in extremities by large-scale synthetic matrix array.Journal of biomedical optics · 2024Article
- Deep tissue photoacoustic imaging with light and sound.Npj imaging · 2024Review
- Deep Learning Enhanced Volumetric Photoacoustic Imaging of Vasculature in Human.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- Fully integrated photoacoustic microscopy and photoplethysmography of humanPhotoacoustics · 2022Article
- Looking deep inside tissue with photoacoustic molecular probes: a review.Journal of biomedical optics · 2022Review
- Monitoring peripheral hemodynamic response to changes in blood pressure via photoacoustic imaging.Photoacoustics · 2022Article
- Deep-E: A Fully-Dense Neural Network for Improving the Elevation Resolution in Linear-Array-Based Photoacoustic Tomography.IEEE transactions on medical imaging · 2022Article
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- Practical review on photoacoustic computed tomography using curved ultrasound array transducer.Biomedical engineering letters · 2022Review
- The Potential of Photoacoustic Imaging in Radiation Oncology.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Translational Photoacoustic Imaging for Disease Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Surgical Guidance: introduction to the feature issue.Biomedical optics express · 2021Article
- Second-Generation Dual Scan Mammoscope With Photoacoustic, Ultrasound, and Elastographic Imaging Capabilities.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Multimodal Contrast Agents for Optoacoustic Brain Imaging in Small Animals.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Review
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Abstract
We have developed a photoacoustics-based imaging system, the dual-scan mammoscope (DSM), that combines optical contrasts with acoustic detection, to obtain the angiographic features in human breast. In this study, we investigated whether the system can differentiate malignant tumor and healthy breast. We have imaged 38 patients with various tumor types and compared results of tumor-bearing breast with healthy breast for each patient. We also compared the photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging results with clinical US. Vascular features in and around the tumor mass were visualized. We found that tumor-bearing breast contained vessels of larger caliber and exhibited stronger variations in the background signals than those in the contralateral healthy breasts. Preliminary data on photoacoustic and ultrasound images also indicate that the technique has potential in differentiating different tumor types. Overall, our results indicate that combining photoacoustic and ultrasound images can improve breast cancer screening.
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