Category: Publication

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 […]

PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY TO ASSESSACUTE VASOACTIVITY OF SYSTEMIC VASCULATURE

Author(s): Huda, Kristieª; Lawrence, Dylanª; Lindsey, Sarah; Bayer, Carolynª* ABSTRACT Vasoactivity is an important physiological indicator of cardiovascular health which is frequently measured using ex vivo vessels to determine functional mechanisms and evaluate pharmacological responses. Currently, there are no imaging methods available to assess vasoactivity in multiple vascular beds of living animals noninvasively. In this […]

DEEP LEARNING ENABLED REAL-TIME PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM VIA SINGLE DATA ACQUISITION CHANNEL

Authors: Hengrong Lan, Daohuai Jiang, Feng Gao, Fei Gao ABSTRACT Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) combines the optical contrast of optical imaging and the penetrability of sonography. In this work, we develop a novel PACT system to provide real-time imaging, which is achieved by a 120-elements ultrasound array only using a single data acquisition (DAQ) channel. […]

PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING FOR IN VIVO QUANTIFICATION OF ALCOHOL-INDUCED STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES IN CEREBRAL VASCULATURE IN HIGH ALCOHOL-PREFERRING MICE (HAP)

Authors: Augustine Meombe Mbolle, Hao Yang, Huabei Jiang* ABSTRACT Alcohol-induced structural and functional changes were studied in vivo by photoacoustic tomography (PAT) of the cerebrovascular system in selectively bred alcohol-preferring mice. High (HAP) and low (LAP) alcohol-preferring mice are replicate lines of mice selectively bred to prefer 10% (v/v) ethanol to water and water to […]

TRANSFONTANELLE PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING: ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER SELECTION ANALYSIS

Authors: Rayyan Manwar, Tarikul Islam, MD, Seyed Mohsen Ranjbaran, Kamran Avanaki ABSTRACT Transfontanelle ultrasound imaging (TFUI) is the conventional approach for diagnosing brain injury in neonates. Despite being the first stage imaging modality, TFUI lacks accuracy in determining the injury at an early stage due to degraded sensitivity and specificity. Therefore, a modality like photoacoustic […]

IN SITU X-RAY-INDUCED ACOUSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY WITH A CONTRAST AGENT: A PROOF OF CONCEPT

Authors: Seongwook Choi,1; Sinyoung Park,1; Ayoung Pyo,2; Dong-Yeon Kim,3 ; Jung-Joon Min,4 ; Changho Lee,4,5,6; Chulhong Kim,1,7 ABSTRACT X-ray-induced acoustic computed tomography (XACT) has shown great potential as a hybrid imaging modality for real-time non-invasive x-ray dosimetry and low-dose three- dimensional (3D) imaging. While promising, one drawback of the XACT system is the underlying low signal-to-noise ratio […]

SIZE-ADJUSTABLE RING-SHAPE PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY IMAGER IN VIVO

Author(s): Daohuai Jiang1,2,3, Yifei Xu1, Hengrong Lan1,2,3, Yuting Shen1, Yifan Zhang1,Feng Gao1, Li Liu4*,  Fei Gao1,5* ABSTRACT Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) has become a novel biomedical imaging modality for scientific research and clinical diagnosis. It combines the advantages of spectroscopic optical absorption contrast and acoustic resolution with deep penetration. In this article, an imaging size-adjustable PAT […]