Ralph S. DaCosta,Brian C. Wilson,Israel Veilleux,Jin Ho Chang,Jeeun Kang,Yangmo Yoo,Tai-Kyong Song
申请号：
US15085380
公开号：
US20160287211A1
申请日:
2016.03.30
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
Various embodiments are described herein for a method, apparatus and system for performing multi-modal imaging using a common imaging probe having various modes of operation including a fluorescent (FL) imaging mode and at least one of an ultrasound (US) imaging mode, a photoacoustic (PA) imaging mode and a combined US/PA imaging mode. Molecular/functional information may be obtained from FL and PA imaging and anatomical information may be obtained from ultrasound (US) imaging. The system may be implemented to provide for images from each modality in real time as well as provide for co-registration of these images. Experimental results demonstrate that combining the imaging modalities does not significantly compromise the performance of each of the separate US, PA, and FL imaging techniques, while enabling multi-modality registration.
