Piezoelectric annular array for large depth of field photoacoustic imaging

doi:10.1364/BOE.2.002655

Piezoelectric annular array for large depth of field photoacoustic imaging

K. Passler, R. Nuster, S. Gratt, P. Burgholzer, and G. Paltauf »View Author Affiliations

Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 2, Issue 9, pp. 2655-2664 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.2.002655

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Abstract

A piezoelectric detection system consisting of an annular array is investigated for large depth of field photoacoustic imaging. In comparison to a single ring detection system, X-shaped imaging artifacts are suppressed. Sensitivity and image resolution studies are performed in simulations and in experiments and compared to a simulated spherical detector. In experiment an eight ring detection systems offers an extended depth of field over a range of 16 mm with almost constant lateral resolution.

OCIS Codes
(110.5120) Imaging systems : Photoacoustic imaging
(110.7170) Imaging systems : Ultrasound

ToC Category:
Photoacoustic Imaging and Spectroscopy

History
Original Manuscript: July 5, 2011
Revised Manuscript: August 1, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: August 4, 2011
Published: August 22, 2011

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K. Passler, R. Nuster, S. Gratt, P. Burgholzer, and G. Paltauf, "Piezoelectric annular array for large depth of field photoacoustic imaging," Biomed. Opt. Express 2, 2655-2664 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/boe/abstract.cfm?URI=boe-2-9-2655

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Aleynikov, V.
Andreev, V. A.
Aristizábal, O.
Beard, P. C.
Berer, T.
Bitton, R.
Burgholzer, P.
Cox, B. T.
de Mul, F. F.
De Mul, F. F. M.
Fleming, R. D.
Frauchiger, D.
Frenz, M.
Gratt, S.
Hoelen, C. G. A.
Hondebrink, E.
Karabutov, A. A.
Ketterling, J. A.
Kiser, W. L.
Koestli, K. P.
Kolkman, R. G. M.
Kruger, R. A.
Li, M.-L.
Li, P.-C.
Liao, C.-K.
Lizzi, F. L.
Maslov, K.
Nuster, R.
Oraevsky, A. A.
Paltauf, G.
Passler, K.
Savateeva, E. V.
Shung, K. K.
Solomatin, S. V.
Stantz, K.
Steenbergen, W.
Stoica, G.
Turnbull, D. H.
Van Leeuwen, T. G.
Wang, L. V.
Xu, M. H.
Zemp, R. J.
Zhang, H. F.
Zhulina, Y. V.

Appl. Opt.

C. G. A. Hoelen and F. F. de Mul, “Image reconstruction for photoacoustic scanning of tissue structures,” Appl. Opt.39(31), 5872–5883 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

K. Passler, R. Nuster, S. Gratt, P. Burgholzer, and G. Paltauf, “Laser-generation of ultrasonic x-waves using axicon transducers,” Appl. Phys. Lett.94(6), 064108 (2009). [CrossRef]

Biomed. Opt. Express

K. Passler, R. Nuster, S. Gratt, P. Burgholzer, T. Berer, and G. Paltauf, “Scanning acoustic-photoacoustic microscopy using axicon transducers,” Biomed. Opt. Express1(1), 318–323 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control

B. T. Cox and P. C. Beard, “The frequency-dependent directivity of a planar fabry-perot polymer film ultrasound sensor,” IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control54(2), 394–404 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. A. Ketterling, O. Aristizábal, D. H. Turnbull, and F. L. Lizzi, “Design and fabrication of a 40-MHz annular array transducer,” IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control52(4), 672–681 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Biomed. Opt.

R. G. M. Kolkman, E. Hondebrink, W. Steenbergen, T. G. Van Leeuwen, and F. F. M. De Mul, “Photoacoustic imaging of blood vessels with a double-ring sensor featuring a narrow angular aperture,” J. Biomed. Opt.9(6), 1327–1335 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
R. J. Zemp, R. Bitton, M.-L. Li, K. K. Shung, G. Stoica, and L. V. Wang, “Photoacoustic imaging of the microvasculature with a high-frequency ultrasound array transducer,” J. Biomed. Opt.12(1), 010501 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Nat. Biotechnol.

H. F. Zhang, K. Maslov, G. Stoica, and L. V. Wang, “Functional photoacoustic microscopy for high-resolution and noninvasive in vivo imaging,” Nat. Biotechnol.24(7), 848–851 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

C.-K. Liao, M.-L. Li, and P.-C. Li, “Optoacoustic imaging with synthetic aperture focusing and coherence weighting,” Opt. Lett.29(21), 2506–2508 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. SPIE

G. Paltauf, S. Gratt, K. Passler, R. Nuster, and P. Burgholzer, “Photoacoustic imaging with limited diffraction beam transducers,” Proc. SPIE7177, 77170S (2009).
G. Paltauf, K. P. Koestli, D. Frauchiger, and M. Frenz, “Spectral optoacoustic imaging using a scanning transducer,” Proc. SPIE4434, 81–88 (2001). [CrossRef]
R. A. Kruger, K. Stantz, and W. L. Kiser, “Thermoacoustic CT of the breast,” Proc. SPIE4682, 521–525 (2002). [CrossRef]
V. A. Andreev, A. A. Karabutov, S. V. Solomatin, E. V. Savateeva, V. Aleynikov, Y. V. Zhulina, R. D. Fleming, and A. A. Oraevsky, “Opto-acoustic tomography of breast cancer with arc-array-transducer,” Proc. SPIE3916, 36–47 (2000). [CrossRef]
K. Passler, R. Nuster, S. Gratt, P. Burgholzer, and G. Paltauf, “Photoacoustic generation of x-waves and their application in a dual mode scanning acoustic microscope,” Proc. SPIE7371, 73710R, 73710R-8 (2009). [CrossRef]

Rev. Sci. Instrum.

M. H. Xu and L. V. Wang, “Photoacoustic Imaging in Biomedicine,” Rev. Sci. Instrum.77(4), 041101 (2006). [CrossRef]

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