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Biomedical Photoacoustic and Photothermal Sensing and Imaging
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Biomedical Photoacoustic and Photothermal Sensing and Imaging

A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2018) | Viewed by 10806

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Marcus Wolff

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Heinrich Blasius Institute of Physical Technologies, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Berliner Tor 21, 20099 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: sensor systems; photoacoustic spectroscopy; isotope-selective sensor; photoacoustic sensor
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Prof. Dr. Bernd Baumann

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Heinrich Blasius Institute of Physical Technologies, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Berliner Tor 21, 20099 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: photoacoustic resonators; optimization; numerical methods; sensor; quantum physics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,


Photoacoustic (PA) and photothermal (PT) phenomena are based on the absorption of electromagnetic radiation and the subsequent generation of heat. In the case of PA, a modulated thermal source generates acoustic waves. Signals from the absorbing molecules can be obtained with spectroscopic specificity and traced back to the point of origin, enabling a high spatial resolution. The according experimental techniques are, therefore, increasingly used to investigate bioengineering issues. Especially biological, medical or diagnostic applications are targeted by current research.


In order to offer a publication platform for peers working in this field, the MDPI journal, Bioengineering, is dedicating a Special Issue to biomedical photoacoustics and photothermal techniques and is asking for your valuable contribution. The special issue will encompass a broad range of PA/PT techniques, including recent advances in instrumentation for both sensing and imaging.


Topics include but are not limited to:

- Photoacoustic sensing and imaging
- Photothermal sensing and imaging
- Radiation sources for PA/PT
- Acoustic/thermal sensors for PA/PT
- Signal processing algorithms for PA/PT
- Image reconstruction algorithms for PA/PT
- Thermal lens applications
- Thermoacoustics applications
- Laser-generated ultrasound


We are looking forward to receiving your contributions for this Special Issue of Bioengineering.


Prof. Dr. Marcus Wolff
Prof. Dr. Bernd Baumann
Guest Editors

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Acoustic Reconstruction for Photothermal Imaging
by Peter Burgholzer, Gregor Stockner and Guenther Mayr
Bioengineering 2018, 5(3), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering5030070 - 29 Aug 2018
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Pulsed illumination of a sample, e.g., of a biological tissue, causes a sudden temperature increase of light absorbing structures, such as blood vessels, which results in an outgoing acoustic wave, as well as heat diffusion, of the absorbed energy. Both of the signals, [...] Read more.
Pulsed illumination of a sample, e.g., of a biological tissue, causes a sudden temperature increase of light absorbing structures, such as blood vessels, which results in an outgoing acoustic wave, as well as heat diffusion, of the absorbed energy. Both of the signals, pressure and temperature, can be measured at the sample surface and are used to reconstruct the initial temperature or pressure distribution, called photoacoustic or photothermal reconstruction respectively. We have demonstrated that both signals at the same surface pixel are connected by a temporal transformation. This allows for the calculation of a so-called acoustical virtual wave from the surface temperature evolution as measured by an infrared camera. The virtual wave is the solution of a wave equation and can be used to reconstruct the initial temperature distribution immediately after the excitation pulse. This virtual wave reconstruction method was used for the reconstruction of inclined steel rods in an epoxy sample, which were heated by a short pulse. The reconstructed experimental images show clearly the degradation of the spatial resolution with increasing depth, which is theoretically described by a depth-dependent thermographic point-spread-function. Full article
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Label-Free Imaging of Melanoma with Confocal Photothermal Microscopy: Differentiation between Malignant and Benign Tissue
by Takayoshi Kobayashi, Kazuaki Nakata, Ichiro Yajima, Masashi Kato and Hiromichi Tsurui
Bioengineering 2018, 5(3), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering5030067 - 15 Aug 2018
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Label-free confocal photothermal (CPT) microscopy was utilized for the first time to investigate malignancy in mouse skin cells. Laser diodes (LDs) with 405 nm or 488 nm wavelengths were used as pumps, and a 638 nm LD was used as a probe for [...] Read more.
Label-free confocal photothermal (CPT) microscopy was utilized for the first time to investigate malignancy in mouse skin cells. Laser diodes (LDs) with 405 nm or 488 nm wavelengths were used as pumps, and a 638 nm LD was used as a probe for the CPT microscope. A Grey Level Cooccurrence Matrix (GLCM) for texture analysis was applied to the CPT images. Nine GLCM parameters were calculated with definite definitions for the intracellular super-resolved CPT images, and the parameters Entropy, Contrast, and Variance were found to be most suited among the nine parameters to discriminate clearly between healthy cells and malignant cells when a 405 nm pump was used. Prominence, Variance, and Shade were most suited when a pump wavelength of 488 nm was used. Full article
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