%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