Open AccessThree-dimensional optoacoustic tomography at video rate
Author(s) -
Andreas Buehler,
Xosé Luís DeánBen,
Jing Claussen,
Vasilis Ntziachristos,
Daniel Razansky
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.022712
Subject(s) - optics , tomography , laser , materials science , tomographic reconstruction , optoacoustic imaging , pulse (music) , physics , detector
Using optoacoustic excitation, a complete volumetric tomographic data sets from the imaged object can in principle be generated with a single interrogating laser pulse. Thus, optoacoustic imaging intrinsically has the potential for fast three-dimensional imaging. We have developed a system capable of acquiring volumetric optoacoustic data in real time and showcase in this work the undocumented capacity to generate high resolution three-dimensional optoacoustic images at a rate of 10 Hz, currently mainly limited by the pulse repetition rate of the excitation laser.