Ultra-broadband axicon transducer for optoacoustic endoscopy
Ali Z, Zakian C, Ntziachristos V (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Book Volume: 11
Article Number: 1654
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81117-7
Abstract
Image performance in optoacoustic endoscopy depends markedly on the design of the transducer employed. Ideally, high-resolution performance is required over an expanded depth of focus. Current optoacoustic focused transducers achieve lateral resolutions in the range of tens of microns in the mesoscopic regime, but their depth of focus is limited to hundreds of microns by the nature of their spherical geometry. We designed an ultra-broadband axicon detector with a 2 mm central aperture and investigated whether the imaging characteristics exceeded those of a spherical detector of similar size. We show a previously undocumented ability to achieve a broadband elongated pencil-beam optoacoustic sensitivity with an axicon detection geometry, providing approximately 40 μm-lateral resolution maintained over a depth of focus of 950 μm—3.8 times that of the reference spherical detector. This performance could potentially lead to optoacoustic endoscopes that can visualize optical absorption deeper and with higher resolution than any other optical endoscope today.
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APA:
Ali, Z., Zakian, C., & Ntziachristos, V. (2021). Ultra-broadband axicon transducer for optoacoustic endoscopy. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81117-7
MLA:
Ali, Zakiullah, Christian Zakian, and Vasilis Ntziachristos. "Ultra-broadband axicon transducer for optoacoustic endoscopy." Scientific Reports 11.1 (2021).
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