Combining the Benefits of Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Tomography (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Combining the Benefits of Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Tomography

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The RUS-PAT (rotational ultrasound tomography, RUST, combined with photoacoustic tomography, PAT) technique combines the benefits of ultrasound imaging for seeing tissue structure with those of photoacoustic tomorgraphy for revealing function of the vasculature.

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Yang Zhang

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