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. 2018 Apr 30;2018:3182483. doi: 10.1155/2018/3182483

Table 4.

Summary of performance characteristics of all-optical ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging systems in literature.

Imaging function Transmitter Diameter (mm) Axial resolution (μm) Lateral resolution (μm) Imaging depth (mm) Tissue imaging
Ultrasound [44] CNTs-PDMS 0.84 64 88 3.5 Yes
Ultrasound [30] CNTs-PDMS 12 Yes
Ultrasound [46] CNTs-PDMS 2.5 9 Yes
Ultrasound [39] CNTs-PDMS 65.9 94.2 Yes
Ultrasound [47] Carbon black 3.5 110 97 0.9 Yes
Photoacoustic [39] External source 36 Yes
Photoacoustic [41] Optical fiber 4.5 No
Hybrid [67] Carbon black-PDMS/optical fiber ~2 104–154 (photoacoustic)
64–112 (ultrasound)
4 No
Hybrid [33] AuNPs-PDMS 15 Yes
Hybrid [33] CV-PDMS 15 Yes