Kolkman, R.G.M. (author), Blomme, E. (author), Cool, T. (author), Bilcke, M. (author), Van Leeuwen, T.G. (author), Steenbergen, W. (author), Grimbergen, K.A. (author), Den Heeten, G.J. (author) The feasibility of air-coupled ultrasound transducers to detect laser-induced ultrasound from artificial blood vessels embedded in an optically scattering phantom is demonstrated. These air-coupled transducers allow new applications in biomedical photoacoustic imaging where contact with tissue is not preferred. One promising application of such...
journal article 2010