Changhui Li and Lihong V Wang 2009 Phys. Med. Biol. 54 R59 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/19/R01
Changhui Li and Lihong V Wang
Show affiliationsPhotoacoustics has been broadly studied in biomedicine, for both human and small animal tissues. Photoacoustics uniquely combines the absorption contrast of light or radio frequency waves with ultrasound resolution. Moreover, it is non-ionizing and non-invasive, and is the fastest growing new biomedical method, with clinical applications on the way. This review provides a brief recap of recent developments in photoacoustics in biomedicine, from basic principles to applications. The emphasized areas include the new imaging modalities, hybrid detection methods, photoacoustic contrast agents and the photoacoustic Doppler effect, as well as translational research topics.
43.35.Ud Thermoacoustics, high temperature acoustics, photoacoustic effect
42.30.Wb Image reconstruction; tomography
Issue 19 (7 October 2009)
Received 3 February 2009, in final form 4 August 2009
Published 1 September 2009
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