Tracking contrast agents using real-time 2D photoacoustic imaging system for cardiac applications

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7177, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Olafsson, Ragnar ^a   Montilla, Leonardo ^a   Ingram, Pier ^a   Witte, Russell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrastagents; Coronary heart disease; Molecular imaging; Optoacoustic; Perfusion imaging; Photoacoustic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRASTAGENTS; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTOACOUSTIC; PERFUSION IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANIMALS; CARDIOLOGY; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTONS; Q SWITCHING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC CUTTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 66249101983     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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