Review of cost reduction methods in photoacoustic computed tomography

Afreen Fatima; Karl Kratkiewicz; Rayyan Manwar; Mohsin Zafar; Ruiying Zhang; Bin Huang; Neda Dadashzadeh; Jun Xia; Kamran (Mohammad) Avanaki

Photoacoustics (Sep 2019)

Review of cost reduction methods in photoacoustic computed tomography

Afreen Fatima,
Karl Kratkiewicz,
Rayyan Manwar,
Mohsin Zafar,
Ruiying Zhang,
Bin Huang,
Neda Dadashzadeh,
Jun Xia,
Kamran (Mohammad) Avanaki

Affiliations

Afreen Fatima: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Karl Kratkiewicz: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Rayyan Manwar: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Mohsin Zafar: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Ruiying Zhang: Edan Medical, Sunnyvale, USA
Bin Huang: 3339 Northwest Ave, Bellingham, WA, USA
Neda Dadashzadeh: R&D Fiber-Laser Department, Coherent Inc., East Granby, CT, USA
Jun Xia: Department of Biomedical Engineering, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Kamran (Mohammad) Avanaki: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA; Molecular Imaging Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15

Abstract

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Photoacoustic Computed Tomography (PACT) is a major configuration of photoacoustic imaging, a hybrid noninvasive modality for both functional and molecular imaging. PACT has rapidly gained importance in the field of biomedical imaging due to superior performance as compared to conventional optical imaging counterparts. However, the overall cost of developing a PACT system is one of the challenges towards clinical translation of this novel technique. The cost of a typical commercial PACT system originates from optical source, ultrasound detector, and data acquisition unit. With growing applications of photoacoustic imaging, there is a tremendous demand towards reducing its cost. In this review article, we have discussed various approaches to reduce the overall cost of a PACT system, and provided a cost estimation to build a low-cost PACT system. Keywords: Low-cost, Photoacoustic computed tomography, PACT

Published in Photoacoustics

ISSN: 2213-5979 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics: Acoustics. Sound; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/photoacoustics/

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