Typical positions of probe (red) and pump (green) laser beams during PT imaging. A: Circular beams in a blood capillary (cell velocity, ~0.5 mm/s; magnification, 100 ×); B: Overlapping pump and probe pulses in an artery (cell velocity, ~2 mm/s; magnification, 10 ×); C: an ellipsoidal beam geometry in a blood vessel (cell velocity, ~5 mm/s; magnification, 10 ×).