Novel Photoacoustic Imaging Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 215
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Interests: molecular imaging and therapy; nano-biotechnology; photoacoustic imaging; elasticity imaging; medical devices
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue titled “Novel Photoacoustic Imaging Technologies”, to be published by the journal Applied Sciences.
Photoacoustic imaging, also referred to as optoacoustic imaging, is an emerging medical diagnostic technology that has had steady growth over the past two decades. The notable advantages of photoacoustic (PA) imaging include being non-ionizing, safe, and having a high spatial and temporal resolution and the capability to be integrated with widely used ultrasound imaging, making this relatively new imaging modality a suitable candidate for a large number of clinical applications. Over the past decade, significant efforts have been directed toward refinements and improvements of PA imaging systems (both hardware and software), as well as finding new preclinical and clinical utilities for this modality. Given the nature of photoacoustics, researchers with expertise in optics, acoustics, system development, and image reconstruction and analysis have been involved in the achieved advances.
This Special Issue provides an opportunity to gather a broad range of research, including novel PA imaging systems (microscopic, tomographic, and planar imaging systems), newly developed image formation, and image reconstruction algorithms, and innovative applications, both in the preclinical and clinical domains. In addition, PA imaging contrast agents fit well within the scope of this Special Issue. We invite researchers and investigators to submit original research as well as mini reviews to this Special Issue.
Dr. Mohammad Mehrmohammadi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Photoacoustic imaging
- Photoacoustic microscopy
- Photoacoustic tomography
- Planar photoacoustic imaging
- Optoacoustic
- Photoacoustic image reconstruction
- Photoacoustic image analysis
- Contrast agents
- Preclinical photoacoustic
- Clinical photoacoustic
- Photoacoustic-guided interventions
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