Advances of Photoacoustic Tomography
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 10212
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomedical imaging; biomedical image processing; photoacoustic tomography
Interests: photoacoustic tomography; photoacoustic microscopy; industrial ultrasound imaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to this Special Issue on the topic of “Advances of Photoacoustic Tomography”, which will be published on Photonics, MDPI.
As a noninvasive and nonionizing biomedical tomographic imaging modality, photoacoustic tomography (PAT), or photoacoustic-computed tomography (PACT), has attracted extensive research attention in recent years. PAT’s deep tissue penetration and high optical specificity have shown great potential for structural, functional and molecular imaging. The computation of PAT images involves both acoustic and optical inversion; therefore, requiring novel developments of image reconstruction algorithms to retain high-quality images. Biomedical applications of PAT have been successfully demonstrated in the imaging of cancer, embryos, the brain, etc. The creative technological development and applications of PAT are ongoing endeavors, hopefully in the future aiding in the understanding and clinical diagnosis of a wide variety of diseases for years to come.
This Special Issue aims to collect papers concerning novel technological developments, image reconstruction and correction algorithms, contrast agents and molecular probes, and preclinical and clinical biomedical applications of PAT. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Novel design of light delivery optics;
- New mechanism and piezo-materials for PAT signal detection;
- Imaging solution and system integration;
- Light source developed for photoacoustic tomography;
- Image reconstruction methods;
- Quantitative photoacoustic tomography;
- Light fluence and spectral coloring correction methods;
- Contrast agents and molecular probes;
- Preclinical and clinical applications of photoacoustic tomography;
- Multispectral photoacoustic tomography.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Wufan Chen
Prof. Dr. Lvming Zeng
Dr. Li Qi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photoacoustic tomography
- photoacoustic imaging
- molecular imaging
- laser
- ultrasound
- image reconstruction
- light fluence
- quantitative imaging
- multispectral imaging
- contrast agents
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