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OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING
Volume 157, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2022.107134
Keywords
Laser feedback; Microbubbles; Ultrasound modulated tomography
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- National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars [51722506]
- Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China [2020JM-324]
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A contrast-enhanced ultrasound-modulated laser feedback imaging system is proposed, which exhibits high sensitivity and contrast-to-noise ratio. By using laser feedback technique and clinical microbubbles, the system reduces photon consumption in imaging and enhances contrast. Experimental results show that with higher microbubble concentration and thinner depth, the contrast-to-noise ratio increases.
A contrast-enhanced ultrasound-modulated laser feedback imaging system is proposed. Compared with traditional ultrasound modulated optical tomography (UOT), the system exhibits high sensitivity and contrast-to-noise (CNR). The usage of the laser feedback technique decreases the photon consumption in imaging. On the other hand, clinical SonoVue microbubbles are used to enhance the attenuation of light in the ultrasound labeled area inside tissues. In experiments, vessels in phantom are imaged and can be distinguished clearly at a penetration depth of 5.5 cm in reflective mode. Using microbubbles, the contrast-to-noise is increased from 0.78 to 3.73 with the lateral imaging resolution of 0.75 mm. Phantoms of different penetration depths with microbubbles in different concentrations were imaged. The experiment results show that with higher microbubbles concentration and thinner depth comes higher CNR. Although a lot remains to be improved, the proposed method is promising for further development toward practical clinical application.
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