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ArticlePhotoacoustics2025

Enhancing signal-to-noise ratio in real-time LED-based photoacoustic imaging: A comparative study of CNN-based deep learning architectures.

Avijit Paul, Srivalleesha Mallidi

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Article in Photoacoustics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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2 authors.

Avijit PaulDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Srivalleesha MallidiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.

Funding

Dual function theranostic constructs for photoacoustic guided surgery and photodynamic therapyR01CA231606 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HASAN, TAYYABA · 2019 to 2025
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NCI NIH HHS R01 CA231606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology have enabled a more affordable high frame rate photoacoustic imaging (PA) alternative to traditional laser-based PA systems that are costly and have slow pulse repetition rate. However, a major disadvantage with LEDs is the low energy outputs that do not produce high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) PA images. There have been recent advancements in integrating deep learning methodologies aimed to address the challenge of improving SNR in LED-PA images, yet comprehensive evaluations across varied datasets and architectures are lacking. In this study, we systematically assess the efficacy of various Encoder-Decoder-based CNN architectures for enhancing SNR in real-time LED-based PA imaging. Through experimentation with

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Convolutional neural networksDeep-learningLED based photoacoustic imagingSignal-to-noise ratioU-Net architectures

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PMID39758833
PMCPMC11699471

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