High-Resolution Photoacoustic Tomography for Early-Stage Cancer Detection and Its Clinical Translation

Diagnosing cancer during early stages can substantially increase the cure rate, decrease the recurrence rate, and reduce health care costs. Over the past few decades, the continual development of new medical imaging modalities has been an important factor for diagnosing cancer, selecting therapies,...

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Published in:Radiology. Imaging cancer 2020-05, Vol.2 (3), p.e190030-e190030
Main Authors: Zhang, Jinde, Duan, Fei, Liu, Yajing, Nie, Liming
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Language:English
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Summary:Diagnosing cancer during early stages can substantially increase the cure rate, decrease the recurrence rate, and reduce health care costs. Over the past few decades, the continual development of new medical imaging modalities has been an important factor for diagnosing cancer, selecting therapies, and monitoring response to treatment. Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is a hybrid imaging modality combining optical contrast from absorption of light with the outstanding spatiotemporal resolution of US imaging, providing biomedical morphologic and functional information of early-stage cancer. In this review, the basics and modalities of PAT, as well as a summary of its state-of-art applications in early-stage cancer (breast cancer, melanoma, and prostate cancer) detection and treatment guidance will be introduced. The potential clinical translation in cancer detection of PAT and prospects for the possibilities to lead to further clinical breakthroughs will also be discussed. Molecular Imaging-Cancer, Photoacoustic Imaging © RSNA, 2020.
ISSN:2638-616X
2638-616X
DOI:10.1148/rycan.2020190030