Ultrasound-modulated optical microscopy

Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli; Lihong V. Wang

doi:10.1117/1.2983671

1 September 2008 Ultrasound-modulated optical microscopy

Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Lihong V. Wang

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 13, Issue 5, 054046 (September 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2983671

Abstract

We demonstrate that microscopic imaging is feasible in ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) of soft biological tissues, using a high-frequency focused ultrasound transducer with a 75-MHz central frequency. Our experiments in tissue mimicking phantoms show that at an imaging depth of about 2 mm, an axial resolution better than 30 μm can be achieved, whereas the lateral resolution is 38 μm. A long-cavity scanning confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer (CFPI) is used for real-time detection of multiply scattered light modulated by high-frequency ultrasound pulses propagating in an optically scattering medium. We also compare the performances of various high-frequency focused ultrasound transducers with central frequencies of 15 MHz, 30 MHz, 50 MHz, and 75 MHz. The comparison is based on two-dimensional (2-D) images of optically absorbing objects positioned at a few millimeters depth below the surface of both optically scattering phantoms and soft biological tissue samples. Our experimental results show that modulation depth and image contrast decrease with an increase in ultrasound frequency. In addition, we use analytical calculations to show that modulation depth decreases with increasing ultrasound frequency.

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Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli and Lihong V. Wang "Ultrasound-modulated optical microscopy," Journal of Biomedical Optics 13(5), 054046 (1 September 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2983671

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