Millimeter-resolution acousto-optic quantitative imaging in a tissue model system

Aliaksandr Bratchenia; Robert Molenaar; Ton A. G. van Leeuwen; Rob P. H. Kooyman

doi:10.1117/1.3153894

1 May 2009 Millimeter-resolution acousto-optic quantitative imaging in a tissue model system

Aliaksandr Bratchenia, Robert Molenaar, Ton A. G. van Leeuwen, Rob P. H. Kooyman

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 3, 034031 (May 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3153894

Abstract

We have investigated the application of ultrasound modulated coherent light for quantitative determination of the ratio of dye concentrations and total concentration of absorbers in a blood vessel-mimicking sample. A 3-mm-diam tube containing the mixture of dyes inside an Intralipid-based gel with optical properties similar to tissue was interrogated by two different laser wavelengths in combination with intense microsecond ultrasound bursts. The use of calibration curves allowed us to extract quantitative information on the ratio of dye concentrations with the accuracy of better than 15%, as well as on the total concentration. Furthermore, we demonstrated the feasibility to obtain a quantitative 3-D map of the absorbing structure with a spatial resolution of better than 3 mm. These findings give an outlook to apply this technique for noninvasive 3-D mapping of oxygen saturation and total concentration of hemoglobin in tissue.

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Aliaksandr Bratchenia, Robert Molenaar, Ton A. G. van Leeuwen, and Rob P. H. Kooyman "Millimeter-resolution acousto-optic quantitative imaging in a tissue model system," Journal of Biomedical Optics 14(3), 034031 (1 May 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3153894

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