Vibrational Photoacoustic (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Vibrational Photoacoustic

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Researchers have developed a new type of imaging technology to diagnose cardiovascular disease and other disorders by measuring ultrasound signals from chemical bonds in molecules exposed to a pulsing laser. This "vibrational photoacoustic" image shows plaque in an arterial wall.

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Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering image/Han-Wei Wang and Ji-Xin Cheng

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