Light in and sound out: emerging translational strategies for photoacoustic imaging.
Light in and sound out: emerging translational strategies for photoacoustic imaging.
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DOI:
10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-2387
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发表时间:
2014-02-15
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Gambhir SS
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作者:
Zackrisson S;van de Ven SMWY;Gambhir SS
Photoacoustic imaging has the potential for real-time molecular imaging at high resolution and deep inside the tissue, using non-ionizing radiation and not necessarily depending on exogenous imaging agents, making this technique very promising for a range of clinical applications. The fact that photoacoustic imaging systems can be made portable and compatible with existing imaging technologies favors clinical translation even more. The breadth of clinical applications in which photoacoustics could play a valuable role include: noninvasive imaging of the breast, sentinel lymph nodes, skin, thyroid, eye, prostate (transrectal), and ovaries (transvaginal); minimally invasive endoscopic imaging of gastrointestinal tract, bladder, and circulating tumor cells (in vivo flow cytometry); and intraoperative imaging for assessment of tumor margins and (lymph node) metastases. In this review we describe the basics of photoacoustic imaging and its recent advances in biomedical research, followed by a discussion of strategies for clinical translation of the technique.