Development of clinical photoacoustic ultrasound probe holder

• Main Author: Chew, Yan Chen
• Other Authors: Manojit Pramanik
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71959
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A prevailing difficulty in Photoacoustic (PA) Ultrasound (US) is identified as the application of the transducer onto surface of the subject at a constant force. PA US technique utilizes the optical absorption contrast and ultrasound spatial resolution to image small tumours residing deep in the bio...