Volume 13, Issue 2 e201960102
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Fan-shaped scanning approach for miniaturized photoacoustic tomography

Hao Yang

Hao Yang

Department of Medical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

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Tianqi Shan

Tianqi Shan

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

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Lily Yang

Lily Yang

Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

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Huabei Jiang

Corresponding Author

Huabei Jiang

Department of Medical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Correspondence

Huabei Jiang, Department of Medical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612.

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First published: 30 October 2019
Hao Yang and Tianqi Shan contributed equally to this study.

Funding information: National Institutes of Health, Grant/Award Number: R01 EB020601

Abstract

We describe a novel scanning approach for miniaturized photoacoustic tomography (PAT), based on fan-shaped scanning of a single transducer at one or two discrete positions. This approach is tested and evaluated using several phantom and animal experiments. The results obtained show that this new scanning approach provides high image quality in the configuration of miniaturized handheld or endoscopic PAT with improved effective field of view and penetration depth.image

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare no financial or commercial conflict of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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