Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Image-Guided Needle Biopsy of the Prostate

Abstract

We have optimized interstitial light sources to yield multi-spectral photoacoustic (PA) imaging data in excised prostate tissue. Two types of interstitial sources--a directional source and an omnidirectional source--have been optimized and validated in gelatin (tissue-mimicking) and tissue phantoms with exogenous and endogenous contract. Imaging with an external linear and transrectal array has been demonstrated in real-time at tissue depths in excess of 7 cm and with improved spectral fidelity (i.e., reduced redshift in obtained spectra) using the Verasonics ultrasound platform, is suited for eventual clinical trials. The Verasonics acquisition is coordinated with a LabVIEW data acquisition device to allow for energy correction and eventual 3D spatial registration. Model-based reconstruction of the oxygen saturation distribution (and underlying fluence and PA pressure distributions) has been developed. This preliminary work has laid the foundation for prostate biopsies augmented with interstitially driven PA imaging.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA617057

Entities

People

  • David Fuentes
  • Houra Taghavi
  • John Ward
  • Richard Bouchard
  • Trevor Mitcham

Organizations

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acquisition
  • Computational Science
  • Detectors
  • Differential Equations
  • Health Services
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Optical Properties
  • Oxygenation
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Photoacoustic Tomography
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Scattering
  • X-Ray Computed Tomography

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

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