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3 June 2013 Deep-penetration photoacoustic array imaging of calcifications
Tsai-Chu Hsiao, Yao-Yu Cheng, Wan-Ting Tein, Shih-Bin Luo, De-Yi Chiou, Ren-Jei Chung, Meng-Lin Li
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 18, Issue 6, 066002 (June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.18.6.066002
Abstract
Calcifications are one of the most important indicators for early breast cancer detection. We explore the feasibility of deep-penetration photoacoustic (PA) imaging of calcifications based on a medical ultrasound array imaging platform. Intralipid and chicken breast phantoms embedded with different-sized hydroxyapatite (HA) particles, which are the major components of calcifications, were imaged to verify the equipment’s capability and penetration depth for the visualization of calcifications. An optimal near-infrared excitation wavelength was selected to maximize PA signals of HAs, resulting in a better HA signal-to-blood ratio. We demonstrated that PA imaging is capable of visualizing 0.5-mm HA particles at a depth of 3 cm in chicken breast phantoms. The noise-equivalent penetration depth of the system for visualizing 0.5-mm HA particles in the human breast was estimated to be about 2.9 to 3.5 cm, which is clinically relevant as calcifications are usually found at a depth of 0.6 to 3.0 cm. Moreover, the feasibility of differentiating HA from blood by the PA spectroscopic technique was presented and the mechanism of the HA signal generation was discussed. The results show that PA imaging is a promising technique for real-time visualization of breast calcifications.
© 2013 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 0091-3286/2013/$25.00 © 2013 SPIE
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Tsai-Chu Hsiao, Yao-Yu Cheng, Wan-Ting Tein, Shih-Bin Luo, De-Yi Chiou, Ren-Jei Chung, and Meng-Lin Li "Deep-penetration photoacoustic array imaging of calcifications," Journal of Biomedical Optics 18(6), 066002 (3 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.18.6.066002
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Breast
Imaging arrays
Particles
Ultrasonography
Blood
Visualization
Imaging systems
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