%S Clinical and Translational Biophotonics 2018
%P JW3A.4
%I OSA Publishing
%B Proceedings: Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS)
%T LED-based Photoacoustic Imaging of Medical Devices with Carbon Nanotube-polydimethylsiloxane Composite Coatings
%D 2018
%O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
%A W Xia
%A S Noimark
%A E Maneas
%A MK Singh
%A S Ourselin
%A SJ West
%A AE Desjardins
%X 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.
%J Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS)
%C Hollywood, Florida United States
%L discovery10046814
%K Photoacoustic imaging; Ultrasound; Nanomaterials