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All-optical dual photoacoustic and optical coherence tomography intravascular probe

  • Sunish J. Mathews (Lead / Corresponding author)
  • , Callum Little
  • , Christopher D. Loder
  • , Roby D. Rakhit
  • , Wenfeng Xia
  • , Edward Z. Zhang
  • , Paul C. Beard
  • , Malcolm C. Finlay
  • , Adrien E. Desjardins

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Abstract

    Intravascular imaging in percutaneous coronary interventions can be an invaluable tool in the treatment of coronary artery disease. It is of significant interest to provide molecular imaging contrast that is complementary to structural contrast provided by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and intravascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS). In this study, we developed a dual-modality intravascular imaging probe comprising a commercial OCT catheter and a high sensitivity fiber optic ultrasound sensor, to provide both photoacoustic (PA) and OCT imaging. With PA imaging, the lateral resolution varied from 18μmto40μm; the axial resolution was consistently in the vicinity of 45 μm. We demonstrated the clinical potential of the probe with 2-D circumferential PA and OCT imaging, and with multispectral PA imaging.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)65 - 70
    Number of pages6
    JournalPhotoacoustics
    Volume11
    Early online date24 Jul 2018
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 14 Aug 2018

    UN SDGs

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    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • Endoscopic imaging
    • Intravascular photoacoustic imaging
    • Optical coherence tomography
    • All-optical intravascular catheter
    • Fiber optic ultrasound sensor

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