Ultrasound-modulated optical imaging using a confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer and a powerful long pulse laser

Guy Rousseau; Alain Blouin; Jean-Pierre Monchalin

doi:10.1117/12.807960

12 February 2009 Ultrasound-modulated optical imaging using a confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer and a powerful long pulse laser

Guy Rousseau, Alain Blouin, Jean-Pierre Monchalin

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Proceedings Volume 7177, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2009; 71771E (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807960
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Ultrasound-modulated optical imaging combines the good spatial resolution of ultrasonic waves (mm scale) and the spectroscopic properties of light to detect optically absorbing objects inside thick (cm scale) highly scattering media. Light propagating in a scattering medium can interact with an ultrasonic wave thereby being tagged by a frequency shift equal to the ultrasound frequency or its harmonics. In this paper, a confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer (CFPI) is used as a tunable spectral filter to detect selectively the ultrasound-tagged photons. The CFPI allows obtaining high spectral resolution (MHz scale) while maintaining a high light gathering power when compared to other spectroscopic devices of comparable resolution. The contrast between the tagged photons and the untagged photons can be further enhanced by cascading CFPI. Moreover, the fast response of the CFPI allows performing measurements within the speckle decorrelation time typically encountered in biomedical applications. In this paper, the use of a single-frequency laser emitting powerful optical pulses allows illuminating the scattering medium only during the transit time of the probing ultrasonic pulses. Consequently, the acoustic and the optical power are both concentrated in time to enhance the signal-to- noise ratio of the technique while remaining below the biomedical safety limits. The detection of optically absorbing objects (mm size) inside 30- and 60-mm thick scattering media is presented.

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Guy Rousseau, Alain Blouin, and Jean-Pierre Monchalin "Ultrasound-modulated optical imaging using a confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer and a powerful long pulse laser", Proc. SPIE 7177, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2009, 71771E (12 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807960

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