Three dimensional photoacoustic imaging using fiber-based line detectors

Unlike other research groups we use so called integrating detectors which integrate the pressure along the detector. Such integrating line detectors can be realised by interferometers. We developed fiber-based integrating detectors for photoacoustic imaging which are easy to handle and are more convenient for clinical use. Now we present first 3D photoacoustic measurements on simple objects using a glass fiber Fabry-Perot detector as integrating line detector

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