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Song W, Guo C, Zhao Y, Wang YC, Zhu S, Min C, Yuan X. Ultraviolet metasurface-assisted photoacoustic microscopy with great enhancement in DOF for fast histology imaging. PHOTOACOUSTICS 2023; 32:100525. [PMID: 37645256 PMCID: PMC10461204 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2023.100525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
Abstract
Pathology interpretations of tissue rely on the gold standard of histology imaging, potentially hampering timely access to critical information for diagnosis and management of neoplasms because of tedious sample preparations. Slide-free capture of cell nuclei in unprocessed specimens without staining is preferable; however, inevitable irregular surfaces in fresh tissues results in limitations. An ultraviolet metasurface with the ability to generate an ultraviolet optical focus maintaining < 1.1-µm in lateral resolution and ∼290 µm in depth of field (DOF) is proposed for fast, high resolution, label-free photoacoustic histological imaging of unprocessed tissues with uneven surfaces. Microanatomical characteristics of the cell nuclei can be observed, as demonstrated by the mouse brain samples that were cut by hand and a ∼3 × 3-mm2 field of view was imaged in ∼27 min. Therefore, ultraviolet metasurface-assisted photoacoustic microscopy is anticipated to benefit intraoperative pathological assessments and basic scientific research by alleviating laborious tissue preparations.
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- Wei Song
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics & State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics & State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics & State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Depart of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- The Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center of Nankai University, Tianjin 300121, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics & State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics & State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, China
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Zhou LX, Xia Y, Dai R, Liu AR, Zhu SW, Shi P, Song W, Yuan XC. Non-uniform image reconstruction for fast photoacoustic microscopy of histology imaging. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:2080-2090. [PMID: 37206133 PMCID: PMC10191656 DOI: 10.1364/boe.487622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Photoacoustic microscopic imaging utilizes the characteristic optical absorption properties of pigmented materials in tissues to enable label-free observation of fine morphological and structural features. Since DNA/RNA can strongly absorb ultraviolet light, ultraviolet photoacoustic microscopy can highlight the cell nucleus without complicated sample preparations such as staining, which is comparable to the standard pathological images. Further improvements in the imaging acquisition speed are critical to advancing the clinical translation of photoacoustic histology imaging technology. However, improving the imaging speed with additional hardware is hampered by considerable costs and complex design. In this work, considering heavy redundancy in the biological photoacoustic images that overconsume the computing power, we propose an image reconstruction framework called non-uniform image reconstruction (NFSR), which exploits an object detection network to reconstruct low-sampled photoacoustic histology images into high-resolution images. The sampling speed of photoacoustic histology imaging is significantly improved, saving 90% of the time cost. Furthermore, NFSR focuses on the reconstruction of the region of interest while maintaining high PSNR and SSIM evaluation indicators of more than 99% but reducing the overall computation by 60%.
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- Ling Xiao Zhou
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenchen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optica Formation Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics Shenchen University, Shenchen, 518060, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenchen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optica Formation Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics Shenchen University, Shenchen, 518060, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenchen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optica Formation Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics Shenchen University, Shenchen, 518060, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenchen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optica Formation Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics Shenchen University, Shenchen, 518060, China
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- The Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center of Nankai University, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenchen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optica Formation Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics Shenchen University, Shenchen, 518060, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenchen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optica Formation Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics Shenchen University, Shenchen, 518060, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenchen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optica Formation Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics Shenchen University, Shenchen, 518060, China
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Biswas D, Roy S, Vasudevan S. Biomedical Application of Photoacoustics: A Plethora of Opportunities. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:1900. [PMID: 36363921 PMCID: PMC9692656 DOI: 10.3390/mi13111900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The photoacoustic (PA) technique is a non-invasive, non-ionizing hybrid technique that exploits laser irradiation for sample excitation and acquires an ultrasound signal generated due to thermoelastic expansion of the sample. Being a hybrid technique, PA possesses the inherent advantages of conventional optical (high resolution) and ultrasonic (high depth of penetration in biological tissue) techniques and eliminates some of the major limitations of these conventional techniques. Hence, PA has been employed for different biomedical applications. In this review, we first discuss the basic physics of PA. Then, we discuss different aspects of PA techniques, which includes PA imaging and also PA frequency spectral analysis. The theory of PA signal generation, detection and analysis is also detailed in this work. Later, we also discuss the major biomedical application area of PA technique.
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- Deblina Biswas
- School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, Shoolini University, Solan 173229, HP, India
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- School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, Shoolini University, Solan 173229, HP, India
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- Discipline of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Khandwa Road, Simrol 453552, MP, India
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