Fabrication of Coaxial and Confocal Transducer Based on Sol-Gel Composite Material for Optical Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy.

Autor: Tanabe M; Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 8608555, Japan., Wu TC; College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan., Kobayashi M; Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 8608555, Japan., Yang CH; College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) [Diagnostics (Basel)] 2019 Dec 21; Vol. 10 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 21.
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10010006
Abstrakt: We have newly developed coaxial and confocal optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy based on sol-gel composite materials. This transducer contains a concave-shaped piezoelectric layer with a focus depth of 5 mm and a hole with a diameter of 3 mm at the center to pass a laser beam into a phantom. Therefore, this system can directly detect an excited photoacoustic signal without prisms or acoustic lenses. We demonstrate the capability of the system through pulse-echo and photoacoustic imaging experiments. The center frequency of the fabricated transducer is approximately 7 MHz, and its relative bandwidth is 86%. An ex-vivo experiment is conducted, and photoacoustic signals are clearly obtained. As a result, 2- and 3-dimensional maximum amplitude projection images are reconstructed.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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