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Caption: Since most animals have body plans that are essentially a tube within a tube, a surprising amount of the body is within the reach of photoacoustic tomography. This image shows a rabbit’s esophagus and adjacent internal organs. Photoacoustic colonoscopy would allow physicians to visualize not just superficial polyps but also deeper lesions
Credit: Joon Mo Yang/Liihong Wang
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