Noninvasive photoacoustic imaging of the thoracic cavity and the kidney in small and large animals

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4524-4529

  Song, Kwang Hyun ^a   Wang, Lihong V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Internal organ; Kidney; Photoacoustic imaging; Thoracic cavity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS; HEART; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING-DEPTH LIMIT; INTERNAL ORGANS; KIDNEY; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; REFLECTION MODES; THORACIC CAVITY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; THORACIC CAVITY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 52949154615     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2977534     Document Type: Article

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