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Luo J, Wu D, Liu Y, Li Z, Shen Y. Single-exposure ultrasound-modulated optical tomography with a quaternary phase encoded mask. OPTICS LETTERS 2023; 48:2857-2860. [PMID: 37262228 DOI: 10.1364/ol.483921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) is a deep-tissue imaging modality that provides optical contrast with acoustic resolution. Among existing implementations, camera-based UOT improves modulation depth through parallel detection but suffers from a low camera frame rate. The condition prohibits this technique from being applied to in vivo applications where speckles decorrelate on a time scale of 1 ms or less. To overcome this challenge, we developed single-exposure camera-based UOT by employing a quaternary phase encoded mask (QPEM). As a proof of concept, we demonstrated imaging of an absorptive target buried inside a dynamic scattering medium with a speckle correlation time as short as 0.49 ms, typical of living biological tissues. Benefiting from the QPEM-enabled single-exposure wavefront measurement (5.5 ms) and GPU-assisted wavefront reconstruction (0.97 ms), the point scanning and result update speed can reach up to 150 Hz. We envision that the QPEM-enabled single-exposure scheme paves the way for in vivo UOT imaging, which holds promise for a variety of medical and biological applications.
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Levi AR, Hazan Y, Lev A, Sfez BG, Rosenthal A. Homodyne time-of-flight acousto-optic imaging for low-gain photodetector. Biomed Eng Lett 2023; 13:49-56. [PMID: 36711164 PMCID: PMC9873866 DOI: 10.1007/s13534-022-00252-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Acousto-optics imaging (AOI) is a hybrid imaging modality that is capable of mapping the light fluence rate in deep tissue by local ultrasound modulation of the diffused photons. Since the intensity of the modulated photons is relatively low, AOI systems often rely on high-gain photodetectors, e.g. photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), which limit scalability due to size and cost and may significantly increase the relative shot-noise in the detected signal due to low quantum yields or gain noise. In this work, we have developed a homodyne AOI scheme in which the modulated photons are amplified by interference with a reference beam, enabling their detection with a single low-gain photodetector in reflection-mode configuration. We experimentally demonstrate our approach with a silicon photodiode, achieving over a 4-fold improvement in SNR in comparison to a PMT-based setup. The increased SNR manifested in lower background noise level thus enabling deeper imaging depths. The use of a fiber-based configuration enables the integration of our scheme in a hand-held AOI probe.
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- Ahiad R. Levi
- Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Technion City, Haifa, Israel
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- Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Technion City, Haifa, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Advanced Photonics (ICAP), Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Advanced Photonics (ICAP), Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel
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- Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Technion City, Haifa, Israel
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Lin G, Wu D, Luo J, Liang H, Wei Z, Xu Y, Liu S, Shao L, Shen Y. Coaxial interferometry for camera-based ultrasound-modulated optical tomography with paired illumination. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:46227-46235. [PMID: 36558581 DOI: 10.1364/oe.470956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT), which combines the advantages of both light and ultrasound, is a promising imaging modality for deep-tissue high-resolution imaging. Among existing implementations, camera-based UOT gains huge advances in modulation depth through parallel detection. However, limited by the long exposure time and the slow framerate of modern cameras, the measurement of UOT signals always requires holographic methods with additional reference beams. This requirement increases system complexity and is susceptible to environmental disturbances. To overcome this challenge, we develop coaxial interferometry for camera-based UOT in this work. Such a coaxial scheme is enabled by employing paired illumination with slightly different optical frequencies. To measure the UOT signal, the conventional phase-stepping method in holography can be directly transplanted into coaxial interferometry. Specifically, we performed both numerical investigations and experimental validations for camera-based UOT under the proposed coaxial scheme. One-dimensional imaging for an absorptive target buried inside a scattering medium was demonstrated. With coaxial interferometry, this work presents an effective way to reduce system complexity and cope with environmental disturbances for camera-based UOT.
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Luo J, Liu Y, Wu D, Xu X, Shao L, Feng Y, Pan J, Zhao J, Shen Y, Li Z. High-speed single-exposure time-reversed ultrasonically encoded optical focusing against dynamic scattering. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eadd9158. [PMID: 36525498 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add9158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Focusing light deep inside live scattering tissue promises to revolutionize biophotonics by enabling deep tissue noninvasive optical imaging, manipulation, and therapy. By combining with guide stars, wavefront shaping is emerging as a powerful tool to make scattering media optically transparent. However, for in vivo biomedical applications, the speeds of existing techniques are still too slow to accommodate the fast speckle decorrelation of live tissue. To address this key bottleneck, we develop a quaternary phase encoding scheme to enable single-exposure time-reversed ultrasonically encode optical focusing with full-phase modulations. Specifically, we focus light inside dynamic scattering media with an average mode time down to 29 ns, which indicates that more than 104 effective spatial modes can be controlled within 1 millisecond. With this technique, we demonstrate in vivo light focusing in between a highly opaque adult zebrafish of 5.1 millimeters in thickness and a ground glass diffuser. Our work presents an important step toward in vivo deep tissue applications of wavefront shaping.
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- Jiawei Luo
- School of Electronics and Information Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- School of Electronics and Information Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Information Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Electronics and Information Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Electronics and Information Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Electronics and Information Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Electronics and Information Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, China
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Thai QM, Kalot G, Venet C, Seguin J, Bocoum M, Mignet N, Ramaz F, Louchet-Chauvet A. In vivo ultrasound modulated optical tomography with a persistent spectral hole burning filter. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 13:6484-6496. [PMID: 36589564 PMCID: PMC9774882 DOI: 10.1364/boe.475449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present in vivo ultrasound modulated optical tomography (UOT) results on mice, using the persistent spectral hole burning (PSHB) effect in a Tm3+:YAG crystal. Indocyanine green (ICG) solution was injected as an optical absorber and was clearly identified on the PSHB-UOT images, both in the muscle (following an intramuscular injection) and in the liver (following an intravenous injection). This demonstration also validates an experimental setup with an improved level of performance combined with an increased technological maturity compared to previous demonstrations.
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- Quang Minh Thai
- Institut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris Cité, INSERM, CNRS, UTCBS, Faculté de Pharmacie, 4 avenue de l’Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris Cité, INSERM, CNRS, UTCBS, Faculté de Pharmacie, 4 avenue de l’Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris Cité, INSERM, CNRS, UTCBS, Faculté de Pharmacie, 4 avenue de l’Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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Bengtsson A, Hill D, Shortiss K, Rippe L, Kröll S. Comparison of contrast-to-noise ratios of different detection methods in ultrasound optical tomography. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 13:4834-4850. [PMID: 36187237 PMCID: PMC9484419 DOI: 10.1364/boe.457075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Ultrasound optical tomography (UOT) is a hybrid imaging modality based on interaction between ultrasound and light, with a potential to extend optical imaging capabilities in biological tissues to depths of several centimeters. Several methods have been developed to detect the UOT signal. To better understand their potential for deep tissue imaging, we present a theoretical contrast-to-noise comparison between the spectral hole burning, single-shot off-axis holography, speckle contrast, and photorefractive detection methods for UOT. Our results indicate that spectral hole burning filters have the potential to reach the largest imaging depths. We find that digital off-axis holography and photorefractive detection can have good contrast-to-noise ratio at significant depths. The speckle contrast method has a smaller penetration depth comparatively.
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- Alexander Bengtsson
- Lund University, Atomic Physics Division, Department of Physics, Professorsgatan 1, Lund, 22363, Sweden
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- Lund University, Atomic Physics Division, Department of Physics, Professorsgatan 1, Lund, 22363, Sweden
- SpectraCure AB, Gasverksgatan 1, Lund, 22229, Sweden
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- Lund University, Atomic Physics Division, Department of Physics, Professorsgatan 1, Lund, 22363, Sweden
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- Lund University, Atomic Physics Division, Department of Physics, Professorsgatan 1, Lund, 22363, Sweden
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- Lund University, Atomic Physics Division, Department of Physics, Professorsgatan 1, Lund, 22363, Sweden
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Dutheil L, Bocoum M, Fink M, Popoff SM, Ramaz F, Tualle JM. Fourier transform acousto-optic imaging with off-axis holographic detection. APPLIED OPTICS 2021; 60:7107-7112. [PMID: 34612995 DOI: 10.1364/ao.427181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Acousto-optic (AO) imaging is an in-depth optical imaging technique of highly scattering media. One challenging end-application for this technique is to perform imaging of living biological tissues. Indeed, because it relies on coherent illumination, AO imaging is sensitive to speckle decorrelation occurring on the millisecond time scale. Camera-based detections are well suited for in vivo imaging provided their integration time is lower than those decorrelation time scales. We present Fourier transform acousto-optic imaging combined with off-axis holography, which relies on plane waves and long-duration pulses. We demonstrate, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, a two-dimensional imaging system fully compatible with in vivo imaging prerequisites. The method is validated experimentally by performing in-depth imaging inside a multiple scattering sample.
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Cheng Z, Wang LV. Focusing light into scattering media with ultrasound-induced field perturbation. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2021; 10:159. [PMID: 34341328 PMCID: PMC8329210 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-021-00605-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Focusing light into scattering media, although challenging, is highly desirable in many realms. With the invention of time-reversed ultrasonically encoded (TRUE) optical focusing, acousto-optic modulation was demonstrated as a promising guidestar mechanism for achieving noninvasive and addressable optical focusing into scattering media. Here, we report a new ultrasound-assisted technique, ultrasound-induced field perturbation optical focusing, abbreviated as UFP. Unlike in conventional TRUE optical focusing, where only the weak frequency-shifted first-order diffracted photons due to acousto-optic modulation are useful, here UFP leverages the brighter zeroth-order photons diffracted by an ultrasonic guidestar as information carriers to guide optical focusing. We find that the zeroth-order diffracted photons, although not frequency-shifted, do have a field perturbation caused by the existence of the ultrasonic guidestar. By detecting and time-reversing the differential field of the frequency-unshifted photons when the ultrasound is alternately ON and OFF, we can focus light to the position where the field perturbation occurs inside the scattering medium. We demonstrate here that UFP optical focusing has superior performance to conventional TRUE optical focusing, which benefits from the more intense zeroth-order photons. We further show that UFP optical focusing can be easily and flexibly developed into double-shot realization or even single-shot realization, which is desirable for high-speed wavefront shaping. This new method upsets conventional thinking on the utility of an ultrasonic guidestar and broadens the horizon of light control in scattering media. We hope that it provides a more efficient and flexible mechanism for implementing ultrasound-guided wavefront shaping.
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- Zhongtao Cheng
- Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
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Yuan D, Luo J, Wu D, Zhang R, Lai P, Li Z, Shen Y. Single-shot ultrasound-modulated optical tomography with enhanced speckle contrast. OPTICS LETTERS 2021; 46:3095-3098. [PMID: 34197389 DOI: 10.1364/ol.425535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) images optical contrast deep inside biological tissue. Among existing approaches, camera-based parallel detection is beneficial in modulation depth but is limited to the relatively slow framerate of cameras. This condition prevents such a scheme from achieving maturity to image live animals with sub-millisecond speckle correlation time. In this work, we developed on-axis single-shot UOT by investigating the statistics of speckles, breaking the restriction imposed by the slow camera framerate. As a proof of concept, we experimentally imaged a one-dimensional absorptive object buried inside a moving scattering medium with speckle correlation time down to 0.48 ms. We envision that this single-shot UOT is promising to cope with live animals with fast speckle decorrelation.
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Kilic Z, Sgouralis I, Heo W, Ishii K, Tahara T, Pressé S. Extraction of rapid kinetics from smFRET measurements using integrative detectors. CELL REPORTS. PHYSICAL SCIENCE 2021; 2:100409. [PMID: 34142102 PMCID: PMC8208598 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are used to learn single-molecule kinetics across a range of experimental techniques. By their construction, HMMs assume that single-molecule events occur on slower timescales than those of data acquisition. To move beyond that HMM limitation and allow for single-molecule events to occur on any timescale, we must treat single-molecule events in continuous time as they occur in nature. We propose a method to learn kinetic rates from single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) data collected by integrative detectors, even if those rates exceed data acquisition rates. To achieve that, we exploit our recently proposed "hidden Markov jump process" (HMJP), with which we learn transition kinetics from parallel measurements in donor and acceptor channels. HMJPs generalize the HMM paradigm in two critical ways: (1) they deal with physical smFRET systems as they switch between conformational states in continuous time, and (2) they estimate transition rates between conformational states directly without having recourse to transition probabilities or assuming slow dynamics. Our continuous-time treatment learns the transition kinetics and photon emission rates for dynamic regimes that are inaccessible to HMMs, which treat system kinetics in discrete time. We validate our framework's robustness on simulated data and demonstrate its performance on experimental data from FRET-labeled Holliday junctions.
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- Zeliha Kilic
- Center for Biological Physics, Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Biological Physics, Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Lead contact
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Kilic Z, Sgouralis I, Pressé S. Generalizing HMMs to Continuous Time for Fast Kinetics: Hidden Markov Jump Processes. Biophys J 2021; 120:409-423. [PMID: 33421415 PMCID: PMC7896036 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The hidden Markov model (HMM) is a framework for time series analysis widely applied to single-molecule experiments. Although initially developed for applications outside the natural sciences, the HMM has traditionally been used to interpret signals generated by physical systems, such as single molecules, evolving in a discrete state space observed at discrete time levels dictated by the data acquisition rate. Within the HMM framework, transitions between states are modeled as occurring at the end of each data acquisition period and are described using transition probabilities. Yet, whereas measurements are often performed at discrete time levels in the natural sciences, physical systems evolve in continuous time according to transition rates. It then follows that the modeling assumptions underlying the HMM are justified if the transition rates of a physical process from state to state are small as compared to the data acquisition rate. In other words, HMMs apply to slow kinetics. The problem is, because the transition rates are unknown in principle, it is unclear, a priori, whether the HMM applies to a particular system. For this reason, we must generalize HMMs for physical systems, such as single molecules, because these switch between discrete states in "continuous time". We do so by exploiting recent mathematical tools developed in the context of inferring Markov jump processes and propose the hidden Markov jump process. We explicitly show in what limit the hidden Markov jump process reduces to the HMM. Resolving the discrete time discrepancy of the HMM has clear implications: we no longer need to assume that processes, such as molecular events, must occur on timescales slower than data acquisition and can learn transition rates even if these are on the same timescale or otherwise exceed data acquisition rates.
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- Zeliha Kilic
- Center for Biological Physics, Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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- Center for Biological Physics, Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
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James E, Powell S. Fourier domain diffuse correlation spectroscopy with heterodyne holographic detection. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 11:6755-6779. [PMID: 33282522 PMCID: PMC7687971 DOI: 10.1364/boe.400525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We present a new approach to diffuse correlation spectroscopy which overcomes the limited light throughput of single-mode photon counting techniques. Our system employs heterodyne holographic detection to allow parallel measurement of the power spectrum of a fluctuating electric field across thousands of modes, at the shot noise limit, using a conventional sCMOS camera. This yields an order of magnitude reduction in detector cost compared to conventional techniques, whilst also providing robustness to the effects of ambient light and an improved signal-to-noise ratio during in vitro experiments. We demonstrate a GPU-accelerated holographic demodulation system capable of processing the incoming data (79.4 M pixels per second) in real-time, and a novel Fourier domain model of diffuse correlation spectroscopy which permits the direct recovery of flow parameters from the measured data. Our detection and modelling strategy are rigorously validated by modulating the Brownian component of an optical tissue phantom, demonstrating absolute measurements of the Brownian diffusion coefficient in excellent agreement with conventional methods. We further demonstrate the feasibility of our system through in vivo measurement of pulsatile flow rates measured in the human forearm.
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- Edward James
- Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Faculty of Engineering, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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Liu Y, Cao R, Xu J, Ruan H, Yang C. Imaging through highly scattering human skulls with ultrasound-modulated optical tomography. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:2973-2976. [PMID: 32479436 DOI: 10.1364/ol.390920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Advances in human brain imaging technologies are critical to understanding how the brain works and the diagnosis of brain disorders. Existing technologies have different drawbacks, and the human skull poses a great challenge for pure optical and ultrasound imaging technologies. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of using ultrasound-modulated optical tomography, a hybrid technology that combines both light and sound, to image through human skulls. Single-shot off-axis holography was used to measure the field of the ultrasonically tagged light. This Letter paves the way for imaging the brain noninvasively through the skull, with optical contrast and a higher spatial resolution than that of diffuse optical tomography.
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Jang M, Ko H, Hong JH, Lee WK, Lee JS, Choi W. Deep tissue space-gated microscopy via acousto-optic interaction. Nat Commun 2020; 11:710. [PMID: 32024847 PMCID: PMC7002486 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14514-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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To extend the imaging depth of high-resolution optical microscopy, various gating operations-confocal, coherence, and polarization gating-have been devised to filter out the multiply scattered wave. However, the imaging depth is still limited by the multiply scattered wave that bypasses the existing gating operations. Here, we present a space gating method, whose mechanism is independent of the existing methods and yet effective enough to complement them. Specifically, we reconstruct an image only using the ballistic wave that is acousto-optically modulated at the object plane. The space gating suppresses the multiply scattered wave by 10-100 times in a highly scattering medium, and thus enables visualization of the skeletal muscle fibers in whole-body zebrafish at 30 days post fertilization. The space gating will be an important addition to optical-resolution microscopy for achieving the ultimate imaging depth set by the detection limit of ballistic wave.
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- Mooseok Jang
- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea. .,Department of Physics, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea. .,Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea.
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea.,Department of Physics, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea.,Department of Physics, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea. .,Department of Physics, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea.
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Huang Y, Cua M, Brake J, Liu Y, Yang C. Investigating ultrasound-light interaction in scattering media. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2020; 25:1-12. [PMID: 32103649 PMCID: PMC7043283 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.25.2.025002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Ultrasound-assisted optical imaging techniques, such as ultrasound-modulated optical tomography, allow for imaging deep inside scattering media. In these modalities, a fraction of the photons passing through the ultrasound beam is modulated. The efficiency by which the photons are converted is typically referred to as the ultrasound modulation's "tagging efficiency." Interestingly, this efficiency has been defined in varied and discrepant fashion throughout the scientific literature. AIM The aim of this study is the ultrasound tagging efficiency in a manner consistent with its definition and experimentally verify the contributive (or noncontributive) relationship between the mechanisms involved in the ultrasound optical modulation process. APPROACH We adopt a general description of the tagging efficiency as the fraction of photons traversing an ultrasound beam that is frequency shifted (inclusion of all frequency-shifted components). We then systematically studied the impact of ultrasound pressure and frequency on the tagging efficiency through a balanced detection measurement system that measured the power of each order of the ultrasound tagged light, as well as the power of the unmodulated light component. RESULTS Through our experiments, we showed that the tagging efficiency can reach 70% in a scattering phantom with a scattering anisotropy of 0.9 and a scattering coefficient of 4 mm - 1 for a 1-MHz ultrasound with a relatively low (and biomedically acceptable) peak pressure of 0.47 MPa. Furthermore, we experimentally confirmed that the two ultrasound-induced light modulation mechanisms, particle displacement and refractive index change, act in opposition to each other. CONCLUSION Tagging efficiency was quantified via simulation and experiments. These findings reveal avenues of investigation that may help improve ultrasound-assisted optical imaging techniques.
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- Yujia Huang
- California Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Pasadena, California, United States
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- California Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Pasadena, California, United States
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- California Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Pasadena, California, United States
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- California Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Pasadena, California, United States
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- California Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Pasadena, California, United States
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Zhu K, Zhou B, Lu Y, Lai P, Zhang S, Tan Y. Ultrasound-modulated laser feedback tomography in the reflective mode. OPTICS LETTERS 2019; 44:5414-5417. [PMID: 31730071 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.005414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A novel method of ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) detection based on the laser feedback technology is proposed in this Letter. The system has advantages such as a simple structure, high sensitivity, and reflective configuration. Effective penetration depths of up to 9 cm and 5 cm in phantom and biological tissues, respectively, have been demonstrated experimentally. The detection capability is comparable with the state of the art in the transmission mode but with a much lower photon consumption. Although a lot remains to be improved, the proposed method is promising for further development toward practical applications.
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Hussain A, Steenbergen W, Vellekoop IM. Imaging blood flow inside highly scattering media using ultrasound modulated optical tomography. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2018; 11:e201700013. [PMID: 28681970 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report the use of ultrasound modulated optical tomography (UOT) with heterodyne parallel detection to locally sense and image blood flow deep inside a highly scattering medium. We demonstrate that the UOT signal is sensitive to the speed of the blood flow in the ultrasound focus and present an analytical model that relates UOT signals to the optical properties (i. e. scattering coefficient, anisotropy, absorption, and flow speed) of the blood and the background medium. We found an excellent agreement between the experimental data and the analytical model. By varying the integration time of the camera in our setup, we were able to spatially resolve blood flow in a scattering medium with a lateral resolution of 1.5 mm.
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- Altaf Hussain
- Biomedical Photonic Imaging group, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Photonic Imaging group, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Photonic Imaging group, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Walther A, Rippe L, Wang LV, Andersson-Engels S, Kröll S. Analysis of the potential for non-invasive imaging of oxygenation at heart depth, using ultrasound optical tomography (UOT) or photo-acoustic tomography (PAT). BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 8:4523-4536. [PMID: 29082082 PMCID: PMC5654797 DOI: 10.1364/boe.8.004523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Despite the important medical implications, it is currently an open task to find optical non-invasive techniques that can image deep organs in humans. Addressing this, photo-acoustic tomography (PAT) has received a great deal of attention in the past decade, owing to favorable properties like high contrast and high spatial resolution. However, even with optimal components PAT cannot penetrate beyond a few centimeters, which still presents an important limitation of the technique. Here, we calculate the absorption contrast levels for PAT and for ultrasound optical tomography (UOT) and compare them to their relevant noise sources as a function of imaging depth. The results indicate that a new development in optical filters, based on rare-earth-ion crystals, can push the UOT technique significantly ahead of PAT. Such filters allow the contrast-to-noise ratio for UOT to be up to three orders of magnitude better than for PAT at depths of a few cm into the tissue. It also translates into a significant increase of the image depth of UOT compared to PAT, enabling deep organs to be imaged in humans in real time. Furthermore, such spectral holeburning filters are not sensitive to speckle decorrelation from the tissue and can operate at nearly any angle of incident light, allowing good light collection. We theoretically demonstrate the improved performance in the medically important case of non-invasive optical imaging of the oxygenation level of the frontal part of the human myocardial tissue. Our results indicate that further studies on UOT are of interest and that the technique may have large impact on future directions of biomedical optics.
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund,
Sweden
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- California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd., MC 138-78, Pasadena CA 91125,
USA
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- Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Dyke Parade, Cork, T12 R5CP,
Ireland
- Department of Physics, University College Cork, Cork,
Ireland
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund,
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Gross M. Selection of the tagged photons by off axis heterodyne holography in ultrasound-modulated optical tomography. APPLIED OPTICS 2017; 56:1846-1854. [PMID: 28248380 DOI: 10.1364/ao.56.001846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) is a technique that images optical contrast deep inside scattering media. Heterodyne holography is a promising tool that is able to detect UOT-tagged photons with high efficiency. In this work, we describe theoretically the detection of the tagged photon in heterodyne holography-based UOT, show how to filter the untagged photon, and discuss the effect of shot noise. The discussion also considers speckle decorrelation. We show that optimal detection sensitivity can be reached, if the frame exposure time of the camera used to perform the holographic detection is on the order of the decorrelation time.
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Liu Y, Shen Y, Ma C, Shi J, Wang LV. Lock-in camera based heterodyne holography for ultrasound-modulated optical tomography inside dynamic scattering media. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 2016; 108:231106. [PMID: 27493275 PMCID: PMC4957977 DOI: 10.1063/1.4953630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) images optical contrast deep inside scattering media. Heterodyne holography based UOT is a promising technique that uses a camera for parallel speckle detection. In previous works, the speed of data acquisition was limited by the low frame rates of conventional cameras. In addition, when the signal-to-background ratio was low, these cameras wasted most of their bits representing an informationless background, resulting in extremely low efficiencies in the use of bits. Here, using a lock-in camera, we increase the bit efficiency and reduce the data transfer load by digitizing only the signal after rejecting the background. Moreover, compared with the conventional four-frame based amplitude measurement method, our single-frame method is more immune to speckle decorrelation. Using lock-in camera based UOT with an integration time of 286 μs, we imaged an absorptive object buried inside a dynamic scattering medium exhibiting a speckle correlation time ([Formula: see text]) as short as 26 μs. Since our method can tolerate speckle decorrelation faster than that found in living biological tissue ([Formula: see text] ∼ 100-1000 μs), it is promising for in vivo deep tissue non-invasive imaging.
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- Yan Liu
- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Powell S, Arridge SR, Leung TS. Gradient-Based Quantitative Image Reconstruction in Ultrasound-Modulated Optical Tomography: First Harmonic Measurement Type in a Linearised Diffusion Formulation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2016; 35:456-467. [PMID: 26390449 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2015.2478742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography is an emerging biomedical imaging modality which uses the spatially localised acoustically-driven modulation of coherent light as a probe of the structure and optical properties of biological tissues. In this work we begin by providing an overview of forward modelling methods, before deriving a linearised diffusion-style model which calculates the first-harmonic modulated flux measured on the boundary of a given domain. We derive and examine the correlation measurement density functions of the model which describe the sensitivity of the modality to perturbations in the optical parameters of interest. Finally, we employ said functions in the development of an adjoint-assisted gradient based image reconstruction method, which ameliorates the computational burden and memory requirements of a traditional Newton-based optimisation approach. We validate our work by performing reconstructions of optical absorption and scattering in two- and three-dimensions using simulated measurements with 1% proportional Gaussian noise, and demonstrate the successful recovery of the parameters to within ±5% of their true values when the resolution of the ultrasound raster probing the domain is sufficient to delineate perturbing inclusions.
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Gross M. Heterodyne holography with full control of both the signal and reference arms. APPLIED OPTICS 2016; 55:A8-16. [PMID: 26835961 DOI: 10.1364/ao.55.0000a8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Heterodyne holography is a variant of phase-shifting holography in which the reference and signal arms are controlled by acousto-optic modulators. In this review paper, we will briefly describe the method and its properties, and we will illustrate its advantages in experimental applications.
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Ruan H, Mather ML, Morgan SP. Ultrasound modulated optical tomography contrast enhancement with non-linear oscillation of microbubbles. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2015; 5:9-16. [PMID: 25694948 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2014.11.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ultrasound modulated optical tomography (USMOT) is an imaging technique used to provide optical functional information inside highly scattering biological tissue. One of the challenges facing this technique is the low image contrast. METHODS A contrast enhancement imaging technique based on the non-linear oscillation of microbubbles is demonstrated to improve image contrast. The ultrasound modulated signal was detected using a laser pulse based speckle contrast detection system. Better understanding of the effects of microbubbles on the optical signals was achieved through simultaneous measurement of the ultrasound scattered by the microbubbles. RESULTS The length of the laser pulse was found to affect the system response of the speckle contrast method with shorter pulses suppressing the fundamental ultrasound modulated optical signal. Using this property, image contrast can be enhanced by detection of the higher harmonic ultrasound modulated optical signals due to nonlinear oscillation and destruction of the microbubbles. Experimental investigations were carried out to demonstrate a doubling in contrast by imaging a scattering phantom containing an embedded silicone tube with microbubbles flowing through it. CONCLUSIONS The contrast enhancement in USMOT resulting from the use of ultrasound microbubbles has been demonstrated. Destruction of the microbubbles was shown to be the dominant effect leading to contrast improvement as shown by simultaneously detecting the ultrasound and speckle contrast signals. Line scans of a microbubble filled silicone tube embedded in a scattering phantom demonstrated experimentally the significant image contrast improvement that can be achieved using microbubbles and demonstrates the potential as a future clinical imaging tool.
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- Haowen Ruan
- 1 Electrical Systems and Optics Research Division, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK ; 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, USA ; 3 Institute of Biophysics, Imaging and Optical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
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- 1 Electrical Systems and Optics Research Division, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK ; 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, USA ; 3 Institute of Biophysics, Imaging and Optical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
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- 1 Electrical Systems and Optics Research Division, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK ; 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, USA ; 3 Institute of Biophysics, Imaging and Optical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
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Devaux F, Huignard JP, Ramaz F. Modelization and optimized speckle detection scheme in photorefractive self-referenced acousto-optic imaging. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:10682-10692. [PMID: 24921769 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.010682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A photorefractive BSO single crystal can be used for axially resolved acousto-optic imaging of thick scattering media in absence of a reference beam. This configuration renders the experimental setup easier to realize for imaging through thick scattering media with an improved optical etendue. We present here a model and simulations that explains these results. It is based on the spatial heterogeneity of the speckle pattern incident on the crystal. Optimization of the detector position and of the speckle grain size is confirmed by the model.
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Ruan H, Mather ML, Morgan SP. Pulsed ultrasound modulated optical tomography with harmonic lock-in holography detection. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2013; 30:1409-16. [PMID: 24323157 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.30.001409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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A method that uses digital heterodyne holography reconstruction to extract scattered light modulated by a single-cycle ultrasound (US) burst is demonstrated and analyzed. An US burst is used to shift the pulsed laser frequency by a series of discrete harmonic frequencies which are then locked on a CCD. The analysis demonstrates that the unmodulated light's contribution to the detected signal can be canceled by appropriate selection of the pulse repetition frequency. It is also shown that the modulated signal can be maximized by selecting a pulse sequence which consists of a pulse followed by its inverted counterpart. The system is used to image a 12 mm thick chicken breast with 2 mm wide optically absorbing objects embedded at the midplane. Furthermore, the method can be revised to detect the nonlinear US modulated signal by locking at the second harmonic US frequency.
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Lesaffre M, Farahi S, Ramaz F, Gross M. Experimental study of z resolution in acousto-optical coherence tomography using random phase jumps on ultrasound and light. APPLIED OPTICS 2013; 52:949-957. [PMID: 23400056 DOI: 10.1364/ao.52.000949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Acousto-optical coherence tomography (AOCT) is a variant of acousto-optic imaging (also called ultrasound modulated optical tomography) that makes possible to get resolution along the ultrasound propagation axis z. We present here AOCT experimental results, and we study how the z resolution depends on time step between phase jumps T(φ), or on the correlation length Δz. By working at low resolution, we perform a quantitative comparison of the z measurements with the theoretical point spread function. We also present images recorded with different z resolution, and we qualitatively show how the image quality varies with T(φ), or Δz.
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- Max Lesaffre
- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, Paris, France
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Benoit a la Guillaume E, Bortolozzo U, Huignard JP, Residori S, Ramaz F. Dynamic ultrasound modulated optical tomography by self-referenced photorefractive holography. OPTICS LETTERS 2013; 38:287-289. [PMID: 23381413 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.000287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Photorefractive Bi(12)SiO(20) single crystal is used for acousto-optic imaging in thick scattering media in the green part of the spectrum, in an adaptive speckle correlation configuration. Light fields at the output of the scattering sample exhibit typical speckle grains of 1 μm size within the volume of the nonlinear crystal. This heterogeneous illumination induces a complex refractive index structure without applying a reference beam on the crystal, leading to a self-referenced diffraction correlation scheme. We demonstrate that this simple and robust configuration is able to perform axially resolved ultrasound modulated optical tomography of thick scattering media with an improved optical etendue.
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- Emilie Benoit a la Guillaume
- Institut Langevin, Ondes et Images, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM U979, Université Paris VI-Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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Lesaffre M, Verrier N, Gross M. Noise and signal scaling factors in digital holography in weak illumination: relationship with shot noise. APPLIED OPTICS 2013; 52:A81-A91. [PMID: 23292425 DOI: 10.1364/ao.52.000a81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We have performed off-axis heterodyne holography with very weak illumination by recording holograms of the object with and without object illumination in the same acquisition run. We have experimentally studied how the reconstructed image signal (with illumination) and noise background (without) scale with the holographic acquisition and reconstruction parameters that are the number of frames and the number of pixels of the reconstruction spatial filter. The first parameter is related to the frequency bandwidth of detection in time, the second one to the bandwidth in space. The signal to background ratio varies roughly like the inverse of the bandwidth in time and space. We have also compared the noise background with the theoretical shot-noise background calculated by Monte Carlo simulation. The experimental and Monte Carlo noise background agree very well with each other.
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- M Lesaffre
- Institut Langevin: Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7587 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielle de Paris (ESPCI), ParisTech, 1 rue Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
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Verpillat F, Joud F, Atlan M, Gross M. Imaging velocities of a vibrating object by stroboscopic sideband holography. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:22860-22871. [PMID: 23037435 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.022860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We propose here to combine sideband holography with stroboscopic illumination synchronized with the vibration of an object. By sweeping the optical frequency of the reference beam such a way the holographic detection is tuned on the successive sideband harmonic ranks, we are able to image the instantaneous velocities of the object. Since the stroboscopic illumination is made with an electronic device, the method is compatible with fast (up to several MHz) vibration motions. The method is demonstrated with a vibrating clarinet reed excited sinusoidally at 2 kHz, and a stroboscopic illumination with cyclic ratio 0.15. Harmonic rank up to n = ± 100 are detected, and a movie of the instantaneous velocities is reported.
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- F Verpillat
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel: UMR 8552 CNRS- ENS- UPMC, 24 rue Lhomond 75231 Paris 05, France
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Daoudi K, Hussain A, Hondebrink E, Steenbergen W. Correcting photoacoustic signals for fluence variations using acousto-optic modulation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:14117-29. [PMID: 22714476 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.014117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We present a theoretical concept which may lead to quantitative photoacoustic mapping of chromophore concentrations. The approach supposes a technique capable of tagging light in a well-defined tagging volume at a specific location deep in the medium. We derive a formula that expresses the local absorption coefficient inside a medium in terms of noninvasively measured quantities and experimental parameters and we validate the theory using Monte Carlo simulations. Furthermore, we performed an experiment to basically validate the concept as a strategy to correct for fluence variations in photoacoustics. In the experiment we exploit the possibility of acousto-optic modulation, using focused ultrasound, to tag photons. Results show that the variation in photoacoustic signals of absorbing insertions embedded at different depths in a phantom, caused by fluence variations of more than one order of magnitude, can be corrected for to an accuracy of 5%.
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- K Daoudi
- Biomedical Photonic Imaging group, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Resink SG, Boccara AC, Steenbergen W. State-of-the art of acousto-optic sensing and imaging of turbid media. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:040901. [PMID: 22559674 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.4.040901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Acousto-optic (AO) is an emerging hybrid technique for measuring optical contrast in turbid media using coherent light and ultrasound (US). A turbid object is illuminated with a coherent light source leading to speckle formation in the remitted light. With the use of US, a small volume is selected,which is commonly referred to as the "tagging" volume. This volume acts as a source of modulated light, where modulation might involve phase and intensity change. The tagging volume is created by focusing ultrasound for good lateral resolution; the axial resolution is accomplished by making either the US frequency, amplitude, or phase time-dependent. Typical resolutions are in the order of 1 mm. We will concentrate on the progress in the field since 2003. Different schemes will be discussed to detect the modulated photons based on speckle detection, heterodyne detection, photorefractive crystal (PRC) assisted detection, and spectral hole burning (SHB) as well as Fabry-Perot interferometers. The SHB and Fabry-Perot interferometer techniques are insensitive to speckle decorrelation and therefore suitable for in vivo imaging. However, heterodyne and PRC methods also have potential for in vivo measurements. Besides measuring optical properties such as scattering and absorption, AO can be applied in fluorescence and elastography applications.
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- Steffen G Resink
- MIRA Institute for Biomedical, Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Biomedical Photonic Imaging Group, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Elson DS, Li R, Dunsby C, Eckersley R, Tang MX. Ultrasound-mediated optical tomography: a review of current methods. Interface Focus 2011; 1:632-48. [PMID: 22866234 PMCID: PMC3262265 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ultrasound-mediated optical tomography (UOT) is a hybrid technique that is able to combine the high penetration depth and high spatial resolution of ultrasound imaging to overcome the limits imposed by optical scattering for deep tissue optical sensing and imaging. It has been proposed as a method to detect blood concentrations, oxygenation and metabolism at depth in tissue for the detection of vascularized tumours or the presence of absorbing or scattering contrast agents. In this paper, the basic principles of the method are outlined and methods for simulating the UOT signal are described. The main detection methods are then summarized with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each. The recent focus on increasing the weak UOT signal through the use of the acoustic radiation force is explained, together with a summary of our results showing sensitivity to the mechanical shear stiffness and optical absorption properties of tissue-mimicking phantoms.
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- Daniel S. Elson
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Imaging Sciences Department, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Lesaffre M, Farahi S, Boccara AC, Ramaz F, Gross M. Theoretical study of acousto-optical coherence tomography using random phase jumps on ultrasound and light. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2011; 28:1436-1444. [PMID: 21734743 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.28.001436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Acousto-optical coherence tomography (AOCT) is a variant of acousto-optic imaging (also called ultrasonic modulation imaging) that makes it possible to get the z resolution with acoustic and optic continuous wave beams. We describe here theoretically the AOCT effect, and we show that the acousto-optic "tagged photons" remain coherent if they are generated within a specific z region of the sample. We quantify the z selectivity for both the "tagged photon" field and for the Lesaffre et al. [Opt. Express 17, 18211 (2009)] photorefractive signal.
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- M Lesaffre
- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, 10 Rue Vauquelin, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Lesaffre M, Farahi S, Gross M, Delaye P, Boccara C, Ramaz F. Acousto-optical coherence tomography using random phase jumps on ultrasound and light. OPTICS EXPRESS 2009; 17:18211-18218. [PMID: 19907612 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.018211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Imaging objects embedded within highly scattering media by coupling light and ultrasounds (US) is a challenging approach. In deed, US enable direct access to the spatial localization, though resolution can be poor along their axis (cm). Up to now, several configurations have been studied, giving a millimetric axial resolution by applying to the US a microsecond pulse regime, as is the case with conventional echography. We introduce a new approach called Acousto-Optical Coherence Tomography (AOCT), enabling us to get a millimetric resolution with continuous US and light beams by applying random phase jumps on US and light. An experimental demonstration is performed with a self-adaptive holographic setup containing a photorefractive GaAs bulk crystal and a single large area photodetector.
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- M Lesaffre
- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, Laboratoire d'Optique Physique, 10 rue Vauquelin F-75231 Paris Cedex 05
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Tang MX, Elson DS, Li R, Dunsby C, Eckersley RJ. Photoacoustics, thermoacoustics, and acousto-optics for biomedical imaging. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2009; 224:291-306. [DOI: 10.1243/09544119jeim598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Recently there have been significant advances in developing hybrid techniques combining electromagnetic waves with ultrasound for biomedical imaging, namely photoacoustic, thermoacoustic, and acousto-optic (or ultrasound modulated optical) tomography. All three techniques take advantage of tissue contrast offered by electromagnetic (EM) waves, while achieving good spatial resolution in deeper tissue facilitated by ultrasound. In this review the principles of the three techniques are introduced. A description of existing experimental and image reconstruction techniques is provided. Some recent key developments are highlighted and current issues in each of the areas are discussed.
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- M-X Tang
- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Imaging Sciences Department, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Gross M, Lesaffre M, Ramaz F, Delaye P, Roosen G, Boccara AC. Detection of the tagged or untagged photons in acousto-optic imaging of thick highly scattering media by photorefractive adaptive holography. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2009; 28:173-82. [PMID: 19104857 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2008-10408-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2008] [Revised: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We propose an original adaptive wavefront holographic setup based on the photorefractive effect (PR), to make real-time measurements of acousto-optic signals in thick scattering media, with a high flux collection at high rates for breast tumor detection. We describe here our present state of the art and understanding on the problem of breast imaging with PR detection of the acousto-optic signal.
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- M Gross
- Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, UMR 8552 (ENS, CNRS, UMPC), Ecole Normale Supérieure, 10 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
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We demonstrate that microscopic imaging is feasible in ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) of soft biological tissues, using a high-frequency focused ultrasound transducer with a 75-MHz central frequency. Our experiments in tissue mimicking phantoms show that at an imaging depth of about 2 mm, an axial resolution better than 30 microm can be achieved, whereas the lateral resolution is 38 microm. A long-cavity scanning confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer (CFPI) is used for real-time detection of multiply scattered light modulated by high-frequency ultrasound pulses propagating in an optically scattering medium. We also compare the performances of various high-frequency focused ultrasound transducers with central frequencies of 15 MHz, 30 MHz, 50 MHz, and 75 MHz. The comparison is based on two-dimensional (2-D) images of optically absorbing objects positioned at a few millimeters depth below the surface of both optically scattering phantoms and soft biological tissue samples. Our experimental results show that modulation depth and image contrast decrease with an increase in ultrasound frequency. In addition, we use analytical calculations to show that modulation depth decreases with increasing ultrasound frequency.
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Sakadzić S, Wang LV. Correlation transfer equation for multiply scattered light modulated by an ultrasonic pulse. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2007; 24:2797-806. [PMID: 17767248 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.24.002797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We develop a temporal correlation transfer equation (CTE) and a Monte Carlo algorithm (MC) for multiply scattered light modulated by an ultrasonic pulse propagating in an optically scattering medium, where the ultrasound field can be nonuniform and the medium can have spatially heterogeneous distribution of optical parameters. The CTE and MC can be used to obtain the time-varying specific intensity and the spatial distribution of the time-dependent power spectral density, respectively, of ultrasound-modulated light. We expect the CTE and MC to be applicable for estimation of contrast and resolution in a wide spectrum of conditions in ultrasound-modulated optical tomography of soft biological tissues.
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- Sava Sakadzić
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3120, USA
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We propose a variant of the heterodyne holography scheme that combines the properties of off-axis and phase-shifting holography. This scheme makes it possible to filter off numerically the zero-order image alias and the technical noise of the reference. It is then possible to record and reconstruct holographic images at an extremely low signal level. We show experimentally that the sensitivity of the method is limited only by the quantum nature of photons.
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- M Gross
- Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
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Atlan M, Forget BC, Boccara AC, Vitalis T, Rancillac A, Dunn AK, Gross M. Cortical blood flow assessment with frequency-domain laser Doppler microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2007; 12:024019. [PMID: 17477734 DOI: 10.1117/1.2715184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We report the assessment of cerebral blood flow (CBF) changes with a wide-field laser Doppler imager based on a CCD camera detection scheme, in vivo, in mice. The setup enables the acquisition of data in minimally invasive conditions. In contrast with conventional laser Doppler velocimeters and imagers, the Doppler signature of moving scatterers is measured in the frequency domain, by detuning a heterodyne optical detection. The quadratic mean of the measured frequency shift is used as an indicator of CBF. We observe a significant variability of this indicator in an experiment designed to induce blood flow changes.
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- Michael Atlan
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, Laboratoire d'Optique, CNRS UPR A0005, 10 rue Vauquelin, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France.
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Atlan M, Gross M, Forget BC, Vitalis T, Rancillac A, Dunn AK. Frequency-domain wide-field laser Doppler in vivo imaging. OPTICS LETTERS 2006; 31:2762-4. [PMID: 16936884 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.002762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We present a new instrument, based on a low-frame-rate (8 Hz) CCD camera used in a heterodyne optical-mixing configuration, that can create wide-field laser Doppler maps. As an illustration, we show results obtained in a mouse brain, in vivo, showing the Doppler signature of blood flow. The instrument is based on a frequency-shifting digital holography scheme.
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- M Atlan
- Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, UMR 8552, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris Cedex, France.
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Sakadzić S, Wang LV. Correlation transfer equation for ultrasound-modulated multiply scattered light. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2006; 74:036618. [PMID: 17025775 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.74.036618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2006] [Revised: 08/10/2006] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In this paper, we develop a temporal correlation transfer equation (CTE) for ultrasound-modulated multiply scattered light. The equation can be used to obtain the time-varying specific intensity of light produced by a nonuniform ultrasound field in optically scattering media that have a heterogeneous distribution of optical parameters. We also develop a Monte Carlo algorithm that can provide the spatial distribution of the optical power spectrum in optically scattering media with focused ultrasound fields, and heterogeneous distributions of optically scattering and absorbing objects. Derivation of the CTE is based on the ladder diagram approximation of the Bethe-Salpeter equation that assumes moderate ultrasound pressures. We expect the CTE to be applicable to a wide spectrum of conditions in the ultrasound-modulated optical tomography of soft biological tissues.
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- Sava Sakadzić
- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3120, USA
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Kim C, Zemp RJ, Wang LV. Intense acoustic bursts as a signal-enhancement mechanism in ultrasound-modulated optical tomography. OPTICS LETTERS 2006; 31:2423-5. [PMID: 16880843 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.002423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Biophotonic imaging with ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) promises ultrasonically resolved imaging in biological tissues. A key challenge in this imaging technique is a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We show significant UOT signal enhancement by using intense time-gated acoustic bursts. A CCD camera captured the speckle pattern from a laser-illuminated tissue phantom. Differences in speckle contrast were observed when ultrasonic bursts were applied, compared with when no ultrasound was applied. When CCD triggering was synchronized with burst initiation, acoustic-radiation-force-induced displacements were detected. To avoid mechanical contrast in UOT images, the CCD camera acquisition was delayed several milliseconds until transient effects of acoustic radiation force attenuated to a satisfactory level. The SNR of our system was sufficiently high to provide an image pixel per acoustic burst without signal averaging. Because of the substantially improved SNR, the use of intense acoustic bursts is a promising signal enhancement strategy for UOT.
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- Chulhong Kim
- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 3120 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3120, USA
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Lesaffre M, Atlan M, Gross M. Effect of the photon's Brownian Doppler shift on the weak-localization coherent-backscattering cone. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:033901. [PMID: 16907500 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.033901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We report the first observation of the dependence of the coherent-backscattering (CBS) enhanced cone with the frequency of the backscattered photon. The experiment is performed on a diffusing liquid suspension and the Doppler broadening of light is induced by the Brownian motion of the scatterers. Heterodyne detection on a CCD camera is used to measure the complex field (i.e., the hologram) of the light that is backscattered at a given frequency. The analysis of the holograms yield the frequency and the propagation direction of the backscattered photons. We observe that the angular CBS cone becomes more narrow in the tail of the Brownian spectrum. The experimental results are in good agreement with a simple theoretical model.
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- Max Lesaffre
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel de L'Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR 8552 CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond F-75005 Paris, France
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Sakadzić S, Wang LV. Correlation transfer and diffusion of ultrasound-modulated multiply scattered light. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:163902. [PMID: 16712231 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.163902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2006] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We develop a temporal correlation transfer equation (CTE) and a temporal correlation diffusion equation (CDE) for ultrasound-modulated multiply scattered light. These equations can be applied to an optically scattering medium with embedded optically scattering and absorbing objects to calculate the power spectrum of light modulated by a nonuniform ultrasound field. We present an analytical solution based on the CDE and Monte Carlo simulation results for light modulated by a cylinder of ultrasound in an optically scattering slab. We further validate with experimental measurements the numerical calculations for an actual ultrasound field. The CTE and CDE are valid for moderate ultrasound pressures and on a length scale comparable with the optical transport mean-free path. These equations should be applicable to a wide spectrum of conditions for ultrasound-modulated optical tomography of soft biological tissues.
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- Sava Sakadzić
- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3120 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3120, USA
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Sakadzić S, Wang LV. Modulation of multiply scattered coherent light by ultrasonic pulses: an analytical model. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2005; 72:036620. [PMID: 16241605 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.72.036620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We present an analytical solution for the acousto-optical modulation of multiply scattered light in a medium irradiated with a train of ultrasound pulses. Previous theory is extended to cases where the ultrasound-induced optical phase increments between the different scattering events are strongly correlated, and it is shown that the approximate similarity relation still holds. The relation between the ultrasound induced motions of the background fluid and the optical scatterers is generalized, and it is shown that correlation exists between the optical phase increments that are due to the scatterer movement and the optical phase increments that are due to the modulation of the optical index of refraction. Finally, it is shown that compared with the spectrum of ultrasound pulses, the power spectral density of acousto-optically modulated light is strongly attenuated at the higher ultrasound frequencies.
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- Sava Sakadzić
- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 3120 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3120, USA
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Sui L, Roy RA, DiMarzio CA, Murray TW. Imaging in diffuse media with pulsed-ultrasound-modulated light and the photorefractive effect. APPLIED OPTICS 2005; 44:4041-8. [PMID: 16004051 DOI: 10.1364/ao.44.004041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Acousto-optic imaging in diffuse media is a dual wave-sensing technique in which an acoustic field interacts with multiply scattered laser light. The acoustic field causes a phase modulation in the optical field emanating from the interaction region, and this phase-modulated optical field carries with it information about the local optomechanical properties of the media. We report on the use of a pulsed ultrasound transducer to modulate the optical field and the use of a photorefractive-crystal-based interferometry system to detect ultrasound-modulated light. The use of short pulses of focused ultrasound allows for a one-dimensional acousto-optic image to be obtained along the transducer axis from a single, time-averaged acousto-optic signal. The axial and lateral resolutions of the system are controlled by the spatial pulse length and width of the ultrasound beam, respectively. In addition, scanning the ultrasound transducer in one dimension yields two-dimensional images of optical inhomogeneities buried in turbid media.
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- Lei Sui
- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Atlan M, Forget BC, Ramaz F, Boccara AC, Gross M. Pulsed acousto-optic imaging in dynamic scattering media with heterodyne parallel speckle detection. OPTICS LETTERS 2005; 30:1360-2. [PMID: 15981533 DOI: 10.1364/ol.30.001360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We present a new detection scheme for acousto-optic tomography based on pulsed-wave ultrasound and illumination combined with heterodyne parallel speckle detection. This setup can perform tomographies inside several-centimeter-thick scattering samples. Test experiments confirm the suitability of this method for performing tomographies inside various types of optically scattering media, including liquids.
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- M Atlan
- Laboratoire d'Optique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, France.
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Gross M, Goy P, Forget BC, Atlan M, Ramaz F, Boccara AC, Dunn AK. Heterodyne detection of multiply scattered monochromatic light with a multipixel detector. OPTICS LETTERS 2005; 30:1357-9. [PMID: 15981532 DOI: 10.1364/ol.30.001357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A new technique is presented for measuring the spectral broadening of light that has been multiply scattered from scatterers in motion. In our method the scattered light is detected by a heterodyne receiver that uses a CCD as a multipixel detector. We obtain the frequency spectrum of the scattered light by sweeping the heterodyne local oscillator frequency. Our detection scheme combines a high optical etendue (product of the surface by the detection solid angle) with an optimal detection of the scattered photons (shot noise). Using this technique, we measure, in vivo, the frequency spectrum of the light scattered through the breast of a female volunteer.
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- M Gross
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel de l'Ecole Normale Superieure et de l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie associé au le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8552, 24 Rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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