With the great success of tissue engineering over the past decade, there is a definite and urgent need to image the engineered living tissues in a qualitative and quantitative manner. The overall goal of our research program is to develop an advanced in-vivo imaging technology; namely, combined ultrasound, photoacoustic and elasticity microscopy, capable of visualizing both the structural and functional properties of living tissue such as internal micro- and macro-architecture, surface topography, conformation, transformation, compliance, homogeneity, growth rate, biomechanics and even cell function within tissues. The underlying hypothesis of this project is that remote, non-invasive, high-frequency, high-resolution, in-vivo microscopy is possible and will provide marked advantages over existing imaging tools available for tissue engineers. The fundamental premise of our research program is to develop an advanced in-vivo microscopy based on the fusion of three complementary imaging modalities - ultrasound, photoacoustics, and elastography - and to take full advantage of the many synergistic features of these systems, thus providing a much needed quantitative imaging tool to tissue engineers. Indeed, ultrasound-based imaging on the microscopic scale offers a conceptually and technically novel imaging tool for tissue engineering. The main objective of this application is to develop a prototype of the high-resolution, multifunctional microscope for tissue engineers. To achieve our objective, we will design and build the combined ultrasound- based microscopy system based on a mechanically scanned, single element transducer interfaced with a laser source. We will also develop algorithms for ultrasound, photoacoustic and elasticity imaging to optimize the performance of the combined system. We will then test the developed microscope and corresponding signal and image processing algorithms using tissue mimicking phantoms. Finally, based on the insights gathered during the project, we will outline the design and technical specifications of an in-vivo microscopy system. The long-range goal of our research program is to develop a combined ultrasound-based microscopy system for tissue engineers. ? ? ?
| Kim, Seungsoo; Aglyamov, Salavat R; Park, Suhyun et al. (2011) An autocorrelation-based method for improvement of sub-pixel displacement estimation in ultrasound strain imaging. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 58:838-43 |
| Mallidi, Srivalleesha; Joshi, Pratixa P; Sokolov, Konstantin et al. (2009) On sensitivity of molecular specific photoacoustic imaging using plasmonic gold nanoparticles. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2009:6338-40 |
| Wang, Bo; Yantsen, Evgeniya; Larson, Timothy et al. (2009) Plasmonic intravascular photoacoustic imaging for detection of macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques. Nano Lett 9:2212-7 |
| Su, Jimmy Li-Shin; Wang, Bo; Emelianov, Stanislav Y (2009) Photoacoustic imaging of coronary artery stents. Opt Express 17:19894-901 |
| Mallidi, Srivalleesha; Emelianov, Stanislav (2009) Photoacoustic technique to measure beam profile of pulsed laser systems. Rev Sci Instrum 80:054901 |
| Shah, Jignesh; Thomsen, Sharon; Milner, Thomas E et al. (2008) Ultrasound guidance and monitoring of laser-based fat removal. Lasers Surg Med 40:680-7 |
| Emelianov, Stanislav; Wang, Bo; Su, Jimmy et al. (2008) Intravascular ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2008:2-5 |
| Sethuraman, Shriram; Amirian, James H; Litovsky, Silvio H et al. (2008) Spectroscopic intravascular photoacoustic imaging to differentiate atherosclerotic plaques. Opt Express 16:3362-7 |
| Karpiouk, Andrei B; Aglyamov, Salavat R; Bourgeois, Frederic et al. (2008) Quantitative ultrasound method to detect and monitor laser-induced cavitation bubbles. J Biomed Opt 13:034011 |
| Sethuraman, Shriram; Aglyamov, Salavat R; Smalling, Richard W et al. (2008) Remote temperature estimation in intravascular photoacoustic imaging. Ultrasound Med Biol 34:299-308 |
Showing the most recent 10 out of 14 publications
