Photoacoustics (Aug 2023)
A review of a strategic roadmapping exercise to advance clinical translation of photoacoustic imaging: From current barriers to future adoption
- Hisham Assi,
- Rui Cao,
- Madhura Castelino,
- Ben Cox,
- Fiona J. Gilbert,
- Janek Gröhl,
- Kurinchi Gurusamy,
- Lina Hacker,
- Aoife M. Ivory,
- James Joseph,
- Ferdinand Knieling,
- Martin J. Leahy,
- Ledia Lilaj,
- Srirang Manohar,
- Igor Meglinski,
- Carmel Moran,
- Andrea Murray,
- Alexander A. Oraevsky,
- Mark D. Pagel,
- Manojit Pramanik,
- Jason Raymond,
- Mithun Kuniyil Ajith Singh,
- William C. Vogt,
- Lihong Wang,
- Shufan Yang,
- Members of IPASC,
- Sarah E. Bohndiek
Affiliations
- Hisham Assi
- Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
- Rui Cao
- Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Madhura Castelino
- Department of Rheumatology, University College London Hospital, London, UK
- Ben Cox
- Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London, UK
- Fiona J. Gilbert
- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Janek Gröhl
- Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Kurinchi Gurusamy
- Department of Surgical Biotechnology, University College London, London, UK
- Lina Hacker
- Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Aoife M. Ivory
- Department of Medical, Marine and Nuclear Physics, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK
- James Joseph
- School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
- Ferdinand Knieling
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
- Martin J. Leahy
- School of Natural Sciences – Physics, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Ledia Lilaj
- iThera Medical GmbH, Munich, Germany
- Srirang Manohar
- TechMed Centre, University of Twente, the Netherlands
- Igor Meglinski
- College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
- Carmel Moran
- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Andrea Murray
- Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), Salford Care Organisation, NCA NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- Alexander A. Oraevsky
- TomoWave Laboratories, Inc. Houston, TX, USA
- Mark D. Pagel
- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
- Manojit Pramanik
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Jason Raymond
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK
- Mithun Kuniyil Ajith Singh
- CYBERDYNE, INC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- William C. Vogt
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Lihong Wang
- Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Shufan Yang
- School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
- Members of IPASC
- Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Sarah E. Bohndiek
- Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Corresponding author at: CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 32
p. 100539
Abstract
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI), also referred to as optoacoustic imaging, has shown promise in early-stage clinical trials in a range of applications from inflammatory diseases to cancer. While the first PAI systems have recently received regulatory approvals, successful adoption of PAI technology into healthcare systems for clinical decision making must still overcome a range of barriers, from education and training to data acquisition and interpretation. The International Photoacoustic Standardisation Consortium (IPASC) undertook an community exercise in 2022 to identify and understand these barriers, then develop a roadmap of strategic plans to address them. Here, we outline the nature and scope of the barriers that were identified, along with short-, medium- and long-term community efforts required to overcome them, both within and beyond the IPASC group.
