@inproceedings{f46de4b5085041aeb88829f3c1532c35,
title = "In vivo deep brain imaging of rats using oral-cavity illuminated photoacoustic computed tomography",
abstract = "We demonstrate, by means of internal light delivery, photoacoustic imaging of the deep brain of rats in vivo. With fiber illumination via the oral cavity, we delivered light directly into the bottom of the brain, much more than can be delivered by external illumination. The study was performed using a photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) system equipped with a 512-element full-ring transducer array, providing a full two-dimensional view aperture. Using internal illumination, the PACT system provided clear cross sectional photoacoustic images from the palate to the middle brain of live rats, revealing deep brain structures such as the hypothalamus, brain stem, and cerebral medulla.",
keywords = "Deep brain imaging, Internal illumination, Optical fiber, Oral-cavity illumination, Photoacoustic computed tomography",
author = "Li Lin and Jun Xia and Wong, \{Terence T.W.\} and Ruiying Zhang and Wang, \{Lihong V.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2015 ; Conference date: 08-02-2015 Through 10-02-2015",
year = "2015",
month = mar,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1117/12.2076482",
language = "English",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Oraevsky, \{Alexander A.\} and Wang, \{Lihong V.\}",
booktitle = "Photons Plus Ultrasound",
address = "United States",
}