Feasibility Study of Photoacoustic Imaging for Monitoring Temperature in Photothermal Therapy

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Photothermal therapy relies on the principle of converting light energy into heat causing localized lesion destruction. For safe and effective treatment, it is necessary to monitor temperature diffusion in the boundaries of the irradiated region, to minimize damage to surrounding normal tissues. This paper gives a pilot study of the feasibility of photoacoustic imaging for monitoring temperature changes during photothermal therapy. The results showed that our system of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) can play the role of biosensor, for the photoacoustics signal amplitude depend on temperature of tissue-mimicking phantoms. Whats more, photoacoustic signal can determinate the boundary of photoabsorder-enhance tissue during therapeutic procedure.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 760-762)

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872-875

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September 2013

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