Prospects of microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging

作     者：Xing-Hua Wang Huan Qin Xing-Hua Wanga;Huan Qina

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science(Ministry of Education)&Institute of Laser Life ScienceCollege of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life ScienceCollege of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China Guangzhou Key Lab of Spectral Analysis and Functional ProbesCollege of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China 

出 版 物：《电子科技学刊:英文版》 (Journal of Electronic Science and Technology)

年 卷 期：2023年第21卷第3期

页      面：21-37页

核心收录：

学科分类：0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 081702[工学-化学工艺] 1002[医学-临床医学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0702[理学-物理学] 

主　　题：Applications in biomedical field Microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging(MTAI) Nonlinear thermoacoustic imaging(NTAI) Polarized microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging(P-MTAI) Ultrashort microwave pulse (USMP)-induced thermoacoustic imaging 

摘      要：Microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging(MTAI)has advantages including the large imaging depth,high imaging resolution,high imaging contrast,and fast imaging speed.The thermoacoustic(TA)group of South China Normal University has dedicated to developing TA imaging for more than a decade and has made many breakthroughs.This review introduces these breakthroughs from two aspects including the improvement in techniques and the exploration of applications.On the technological level,there are ultrashort microwave pulse(USMP)-induced􀀁TA imaging that can improve the imaging resolution,nonlinear thermoacoustic imaging(NTAI)that can improve the imaging contrast,polarized microwave-induced􀀁thermoacoustic imaging(P-MTAI)that can obtain cellular-level alignment information,and more convenient and accurate handheld and multimodal probes.On the application side,the optimization and expansion have been carried out,mainly concentrating on breast and myocardial imaging.Finally,several current research directions are introduced,including the application of P-MTAI on joint imaging and research on whole-body imaging of small animals.