Fast voice-coil scanning optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy

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Author(s)

  • Lidai Wang
  • Konstantin Maslov
  • Junjie Yao
  • Bin Rao
  • Lihong V. Wang

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)139-141
Journal / PublicationOptics Letters
Volume36
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

We developed a photoacoustic imaging system that has real-time imaging capability with optical resolution. The imaging system is capable of scanning at 20 Hz over a 9mm range and up to 40 Hz over a 1mm scanning range. A focused laser beam provides a lateral resolution of 3:4 μm as measured in an optically nonscattering medium. Flows of micrometer-sized carbon particles or whole blood in a silicone tube and individual red blood cells (RBCs) in mouse ear capillaries were also imaged in real time, demonstrating the capability to image highly dynamic processes in vivo at a micrometer-scale resolution. © 2011 Optical Society of America.

Citation Format(s)

Fast voice-coil scanning optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy. / Wang, Lidai; Maslov, Konstantin; Yao, Junjie et al.
In: Optics Letters, Vol. 36, No. 2, 15.01.2011, p. 139-141.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review