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A pulsed laser light travels through tissue in which optically absorbing substance, such as hemoglobin absorbs the energy of the light. This makes the temperature of the object rise rapidly and the object experiences a thermoelastic expansion. This in turn creates a shockwave which travels through the tissue and can be detected at the surface with a piezoelectric sensor such as in an ultrasound transducer
