Laser-scanning photoacoustic microscopy with ultrasonic phased array transducer

Fan Zheng, Xiangyang Zhang, Chi Tat Chiu, Bill L. Zhou, K. Kirk Shung, Hao F. Zhang, Shuliang Jiao*

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Abstract

In this paper, we report our latest progress on proving the concept that ultrasonic phased array can improve the detection sensitivity and field of view (FOV) in laser-scanning photoacoustic microscopy (LS-PAM). A LS-PAM system with a one-dimensional (1D) ultrasonic phased array was built for the experiments. The 1D phased array transducer consists of 64 active elements with an overall active dimension of 3.2 mm × 2 mm. The system was tested on imaging phantom and mouse ear in vivo. Experiments showed a 15 dB increase of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) when beamforming was employed compared to the images acquired with each single element. The experimental results demonstrated that ultrasonic phased array can be a better candidate for LS-PAM in high sensitivity applications like ophthalmic imaging.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2694-2698
Number of pages5
JournalBiomedical Optics Express
Volume3
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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