Table 1.

Selective characteristics for the components of the multimodal platform.

Imaging Modality	US (24MHz)	PA	LSCI	Scintigraphic Imaging
Depth	4-6 mm	3-4 mm	1 mm	No limit
Contrast Source	Endogenous	Endogenous	Endogenous	Exogenous
Pixel or Voxel representation	Echo power in dB scale	Optical absorption	Optical power in flux scale	Counts per second
Temporal res.	ms	s	s	min
Spatial res.	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low
Anatomy	√	√	√	-
Functional	√	√	√	√
Molecular	-	-	-	√