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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 7 — Mar. 26, 2012
  • pp: 7555–7563

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Adaptive synthetic-aperture focusing technique for microvasculature imaging using photoacoustic microscopy

Zilin Deng, Xiaoquan Yang, Hui Gong, and Qingming Luo  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 7, pp. 7555-7563 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.007555


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Abstract

To improve the lateral resolution of the blood vessels along arbitrary direction out of focus in photoacoustic microscopy (PAM), we propose an adaptive synthetic-aperture focusing technique (ASAFT) for microvasculature imaging which can be automatically applied to each branch of blood vessels, based on our previous two-dimensional (2D) SAFT. The ASAFT is validated both in the phantom study and in vivo imaging. The results demonstrate that ASAFT can provide images of blood vessels with better lateral resolution both at different depths and along various directions compared with one-dimensional and 2D SAFT.

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OCIS Codes
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(170.5120) Medical optics and biotechnology : Photoacoustic imaging

ToC Category:
Medical Optics and Biotechnology

History
Original Manuscript: January 23, 2012
Revised Manuscript: March 15, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: March 15, 2012
Published: March 19, 2012

Virtual Issues
Vol. 7, Iss. 5 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Zilin Deng, Xiaoquan Yang, Hui Gong, and Qingming Luo, "Adaptive synthetic-aperture focusing technique for microvasculature imaging using photoacoustic microscopy," Opt. Express 20, 7555-7563 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-7-7555


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