@inproceedings{discovery10046814, pages = {JW3A.4}, booktitle = {Proceedings: Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS)}, note = {This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.}, publisher = {OSA Publishing}, title = {LED-based Photoacoustic Imaging of Medical Devices with Carbon Nanotube-polydimethylsiloxane Composite Coatings}, year = {2018}, journal = {Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS)}, series = {Clinical and Translational Biophotonics 2018}, month = {April}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1364/TRANSLATIONAL.2018.JW3A.4}, abstract = {Invasive medical devices such as needles and catheters can have low visibility with ultrasound imaging. Here, we demonstrate that visibility can be greatly improved using LED-based photoacoustic imaging in combination with optically absorbing nanocomposite coatings.}, author = {Xia, W and Noimark, S and Maneas, E and Singh, MK and Ourselin, S and West, SJ and Desjardins, AE}, keywords = {Photoacoustic imaging; Ultrasound; Nanomaterials} }