• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 10, 101101 (2015)
De Cai, Zhongfei Li, and Sung-Liang Chen*
Author Affiliations
  • University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.101101 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    De Cai, Zhongfei Li, Sung-Liang Chen. Photoacoustic microscopy by scanning mirror-based synthetic aperture focusing technique[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(10): 101101 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic illustration of the SM-SAFT. (a) Point detector. (b) Virtual detector.
    Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the SM-SAFT. (a) Point detector. (b) Virtual detector.
    Schematic of the experimental setup for the SM-SAFT.
    Fig. 2. Schematic of the experimental setup for the SM-SAFT.
    Images of the hair-thread phantom scanned at various depths: (a) Original image, (b) SAFT image, and (c) SAFT + CF weighted image.
    Fig. 3. Images of the hair-thread phantom scanned at various depths: (a) Original image, (b) SAFT image, and (c) SAFT + CF weighted image.
    3D demonstration of the PAM images of hairs by SM-SAFT. (a) The photograph; 2D MAP images on the YZ and XZ planes, (b) Original image, and (c) SAFT + CF weighted image.
    Fig. 4. 3D demonstration of the PAM images of hairs by SM-SAFT. (a) The photograph; 2D MAP images on the YZ and XZ planes, (b) Original image, and (c) SAFT + CF weighted image.
    Target # (From Top)Original (μm/dB)SAFT + CF (μm/dB)
    1477/34365/30
    2665/32400/36
    3856/32445/38
    41063/30585/41
    51221/29755/39
    61345/29855/39
    Table 1. Lateral Width (−6  dB) and SNR Values
    De Cai, Zhongfei Li, Sung-Liang Chen. Photoacoustic microscopy by scanning mirror-based synthetic aperture focusing technique[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(10): 101101
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