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Single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder

SIGNIFICANCE: Current photoacoustic (PA) imaging modalities typically require either serial detection with a single-element transducer or parallel detections with an ultrasonic array, indicating a dilemma between system cost and imaging throughput. PA topography through ergodic relay (PATER) was rec...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Yanyu, Wang, Lihong V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10098145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37065647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.28.4.046004
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description SIGNIFICANCE: Current photoacoustic (PA) imaging modalities typically require either serial detection with a single-element transducer or parallel detections with an ultrasonic array, indicating a dilemma between system cost and imaging throughput. PA topography through ergodic relay (PATER) was recently developed to address this bottleneck. However, PATER requires object-specific calibration due to varied boundary condition and must be recalibrated through pointwise scanning for each object before measurements, which is time-consuming and severely limits practical application. AIM: We aim to develop a new single-shot PA imaging technique that only requires a one-time calibration for imaging different objects using a single-element transducer. APPROACH: We develop an imaging method, PA imaging through a spatiotemporal encoder (PAISE), to address the above issue. The spatial information is effectively coded into unique temporal features by the spatiotemporal encoder, which allows for compressive image reconstruction. An ultrasonic waveguide is proposed as a critical element to guide the PA waves from the object into the prism, which effectively accounts for the varied boundary condition of different objects. We further add irregular-shaped edges on the prism to introduce randomized internal reflections and further facilitate the scrambling of acoustic waves. RESULTS: The proposed technique is validated through comprehensive numerical simulations and experiments, and it is demonstrated that PAISE can successfully overcome the changed boundary condition and can image different samples given a single calibration. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed PAISE technique is capable of single-shot widefield PA imaging with a single-element transducer and does not require sample-specific calibration, which successfully overcomes the major limitation of previous PATER technology.
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spelling pubmed-100981452023-04-14 Single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder Zhao, Yanyu Wang, Lihong V. J Biomed Opt Imaging SIGNIFICANCE: Current photoacoustic (PA) imaging modalities typically require either serial detection with a single-element transducer or parallel detections with an ultrasonic array, indicating a dilemma between system cost and imaging throughput. PA topography through ergodic relay (PATER) was recently developed to address this bottleneck. However, PATER requires object-specific calibration due to varied boundary condition and must be recalibrated through pointwise scanning for each object before measurements, which is time-consuming and severely limits practical application. AIM: We aim to develop a new single-shot PA imaging technique that only requires a one-time calibration for imaging different objects using a single-element transducer. APPROACH: We develop an imaging method, PA imaging through a spatiotemporal encoder (PAISE), to address the above issue. The spatial information is effectively coded into unique temporal features by the spatiotemporal encoder, which allows for compressive image reconstruction. An ultrasonic waveguide is proposed as a critical element to guide the PA waves from the object into the prism, which effectively accounts for the varied boundary condition of different objects. We further add irregular-shaped edges on the prism to introduce randomized internal reflections and further facilitate the scrambling of acoustic waves. RESULTS: The proposed technique is validated through comprehensive numerical simulations and experiments, and it is demonstrated that PAISE can successfully overcome the changed boundary condition and can image different samples given a single calibration. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed PAISE technique is capable of single-shot widefield PA imaging with a single-element transducer and does not require sample-specific calibration, which successfully overcomes the major limitation of previous PATER technology. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 2023-04-13 2023-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10098145/ /pubmed/37065647 http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.28.4.046004 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI.
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Zhao, Yanyu
Wang, Lihong V.
Single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder
title Single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder
title_full Single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder
title_fullStr Single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder
title_full_unstemmed Single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder
title_short Single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder
title_sort single-shot photoacoustic imaging with single-element transducer through a spatiotemporal encoder
topic Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10098145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37065647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.28.4.046004
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