@inproceedings{9937eb81a59a40b9a512b161e8309b4e,
title = "Photoacoustic imaging of blood perfusion in tissue and phantoms",
abstract = "To localize and monitor the blood content in tissue we developed a very sensitive photo-acoustical detector. PVDF has been used as piezo-electric material. In this detector also fibers for the illumination of the sample are integrated. Resolution is about 20 (m in depth and about 50-100 m laterally). We use 532 nm light. We will show how photoacoustics can be used for measuring the thickness of tissue above bone. We will also report measurements on tissue phantoms: e.g. a vessel delta from the epigastric artery branching of a Wistar rat, filled with an artificial blood-resembling absorber. The measurements have been carried out on phantoms containing vessels at several depths. Signal processing was enhanced by Fourier processing of the data.",
keywords = "Photoacoustics, Piezoelectric transducers, Tissue, Blood, Imaging",
author = "Pilatou, {Magdalena C.} and Kolkman, {Roy G.M.} and Erwin Hondebrink and Bolt, {Ren{\'e} Alexander} and {de Mul}, {Frits F.M.}",
year = "2001",
month = jan,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1117/12.429318",
language = "English",
isbn = "0-8194-3934-7",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
pages = "28--33",
editor = "Oraevsky, {Alexander A.}",
booktitle = "Biomedical Optoacoustics II (BIOS 2001)",
address = "United States",
note = "SPIE International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, BIOS 2001, BIOS ; Conference date: 20-01-2001 Through 26-01-2001",
}