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Main Authors: Inzunza-Ibarra, Marco A., Navarro-Becerra, J. Angel, Narumanchi, Venkatalakshmi, Bottenus, Nick, Murray, Todd W., Borden, Mark A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.12238
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  • A photoacoustic contrast mechanism is presented based on the photoacoustic fluctuations induced by microbubbles flowing inside a micro vessel filled with a continuous absorber. It is demonstrated that the standard deviation of a homogeneous absorber mixed with microbubbles increases non-linearly as the microbubble concentration and microbubble size is increased. This effect is then utilized to perform photoacoustic fluctuation imaging with increased visibility and contrast of a blood flow phantom.