Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

High-speed three-dimensional photoacoustic computed tomography for preclinical research and clinical translation

  • Li Lin,
  • Peng Hu,
  • Xin Tong,
  • Shuai Na,
  • Rui Cao,
  • Xiaoyun Yuan,
  • David C. Garrett,
  • Junhui Shi,
  • Konstantin Maslov,
  • Lihong V. Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21232-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Photoacoustic imaging has generated increasing interest for uses in preclinical research and clinical translation. Here the authors develop a three-dimensional photoacoustic computed tomography system that allows for multipurpose imaging of biological tissues ranging from the rodent brain to the human breast.