Authors: Diego S. Dumani, Hans-Peter Brecht, Vassili Ivanov, Ryan Deschner, Justin T. Harris, Kimberly A. Homan, Jason R. Cook, Stanislav Y. Emelianov, Sergey A. Ermilov ABSTRACT We introduce a preclinical imaging platform – a 3D photoacoustic/fluorescence tomography (PAFT) instrument augmented with an environmentally responsive dual-contrast biocompatible nanoprobe. The PAFT instrument was designed for simultaneous acquisition […]
Author: PhotoSound
MASSIVE PARALLEL ULTRASOUND AND PHOTOACOUSTIC PC-BASED SYSTEM
Authors: Weylan Thompson, Hans Peter Brecht, Sergey Ermilov, Vassili Ivanov ABSTRACT PhotoSound Technologies specializes in the development of electronics solutions for massive parallel data acquisition applicable to the fields of photoacoustics (PA), X-ray acoustics, including 3D dosimetry, and ultrasound. PhotoSound’s Legion ADC256 R1.1, released in 2018, is a 256-channel 12-bit ADC with a sampling rate […]
COMMERCIAL SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING COULD AID DISEASE DETECTION
Authors: Mark Little ABSTRACT The development of anticancer metastatic therapies for human clinical trials requires meticulous evaluation of efficacy and optimization of small animal test models in preclinical experimentation. Critical information on morphology and the molecular microenvironment of tumors is currently obtained and monitored using noninvasive, in vivo imaging methods. Detection of individual, small tumors […]
A PRECLINICAL SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING PLATFORM COMBINING MULTI-ANGLE PHOTOACOUSTIC AND FLUORESCENCE PROJECTIONS INTO CO-REGISTERED 3D MAPS
Authors: Weylan Thompson, Anthony Yu, Diego S. Dumani, Jason Cook, Mark A. Anastasio, Stanislav Y. Emelianov, Sergey A. Ermilov ABSTRACT We present the results on development of the 3D imaging platform combining photoacoustic tomography and fluorescence (PAFT) for preclinical and biological research. This combined multimodal imaging instrument addresses known deficiencies in sensitivity, spatial resolution, and […]
PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE-GUIDED DELIVERY OF PLASMONIC-NANOPARTICLE-LABELED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS TO THE SPINAL CORD
Authors: Eleanor M. Donnelly, Kelsey P. Kubelick, Diego S. Dumani, and Stanislav Y. Emelianov ABSTRACT Regenerative therapies using stem cells have great potential for treating neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic injuries in the spinal cord. In spite of significant research efforts, many therapies fail at the clinical phase. As stem cell technologies advance toward clinical use, […]
TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE VERASONICS RESEARCH ULTRASOUND PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPING A PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM
Authors: Karl Kratkiewicz1,4,Rayyan Manwar2,4, Yang Zhou, Moein Mozaffarzadeh3, Kamran Avanaki2 ABSTRACT Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging functional and molecular imaging technology that has attracted much attention in the past decade. Recently, many researchers have used the vantage system from Verasonics for simultaneous ultrasound (US) and photoacoustic (PA) imaging. This was the motivation to write […]
PRECLINICAL SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING PLATFORM PROVIDING CO-REGISTERED 3D MAPS OF PHOTOACOUSTIC RESPONSE AND FLUORESCENCE
Authors: Diego S. Dumani1,2, Anthony Yu1,2, Weylan Thompson3, Hans-Peter Brecht3, Vassili Ivanov3, Mark A. Anastasio4, Jason Cook5, Sergey A. Ermilov3, Stanislav Y. Emelianov1,2 ABSTRACT We report on the development of a preclinical 3D imaging platform integrating photoacoustic tomography and fluorescence (PAFT). The proposed multimodal imaging concept addresses known deficiencies in sensitivity, anatomical registration, and spatial […]
DUAL-MODALITY X-RAY-INDUCED RADIATION ACOUSTIC AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF RADIOTHERAPY
Authors: Wei Zhang,1 Ibrahim Oraiqat,2 Hao Lei,3 Paul L. Carson,1,4 Issam EI Naqa,2 and Xueding Wang1,4 ABSTRACT Objective. The goal is to increase the precision of radiation delivery during radiotherapy by tracking the movements of the tumor and other surrounding normal tissues due to respiratory and other body motions. Introduction. This work presents the recent advancement of X-ray-induced radiation acoustic imaging (xRAI) […]
INDOCYANINE GREEN DYE BASED BIMODAL CONTRAST AGENT TESTED BY PHOTOACOUSTIC/FLUORESCENCE TOMOGRAPHY SETUP
Authors: MAKSIM D. MOKROUSOV, WEYLAN THOMPSON, SERGEY A. ERMILOV, TATIANA ABAKUMOVA, MARINA V. NOVOSELOVA, OLGA A. INOZEMTSEVA, TIMOFEI S. ZATSEPIN, VLADIMIR P. ZHAROV, EKATERINA I. GALANZHA, DMITRY A. GORIN ABSTRACT Multimodal imaging systems are in high demand for preclinical research, experimental medicine, and clinical practice. Combinations of photoacoustic technology with other modalities including fluorescence, ultrasound, […]
GOLD NANOPARTICLES CONJUGATED WITH DNA APTAMER FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTION OF HUMAN MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9
Authors: Jinhwan Kim, Anthony M Yu, Kelsey P. Kubelick, Stanislav Y. Emelianov ABSTRACT Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) plays major roles in extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling and membrane protein cleavage, suggesting a high correlation with cancer cell invasion and tumor metastasis. Here, we present a contrast agent based on a DNA aptamer that can selectively target human […]