Table 3.
Fast imaging performance of scanning systems for photoacoustic microscope. MEMS, micro-electromechanical systems; #, number; -, did not mentioned.
| Scanner type | B-scan |
C-scan |
Lateral resolution [μm] | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate [Hz] | Range [mm] | # of pixels | Rate [Hz] | Range [mm2] | # of pixels | |||
| Voice-coil | 40 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3.4 | [78] |
| 1-axis MEMS | 400 | 2 | 250 | 0.8 | 2 × 5 | 250 × 500 | 10 | [71] |
| 2-axis MEMS | 50 | 2 | 200 | 0.25 | 1 × 2 | 100 × 200 | 3.6 | [72] |
| 35 | 2.8 | 700 | 0.05 | 2.8 × 2 | 700 × 700 | 12 | [73] | |
| – | – | – | 3.2 | 2 × 2 | 500 × 500 | 3.8 | [74] | |
| Galvanometer | 250 | 4 | 200 | 0.5 | 4 × 8 | 200 × 500 | 6 | [76] |
| 500 | 2.4 | 500 | 5 | 2.4 × 0.5 | 480 × 500 | 7.5 | [54] | |
| Polygon-mirror | 900 | 12 | – | 0.06 | 20 × 12 | – | 10 | [79] |
| 477.5 | 12 | – | 1 | 12 × 5 | – | 6.3 | [80] | |