Development and validation of a biologically realistic tissue-mimicking material for photoacoustics and other bimodal optical-acoustic modalities

William C. Vogt; Congxian Jia; Keith A. Wear; Brian S. Garra; T. Joshua Pfefer

doi:10.1117/12.2254596

16 March 2017 Development and validation of a biologically realistic tissue-mimicking material for photoacoustics and other bimodal optical-acoustic modalities

William C. Vogt, Congxian Jia, Keith A. Wear, Brian S. Garra, T. Joshua Pfefer

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Proceedings Volume 10056, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies X; 100560C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254596
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Recent years have seen rapid development of hybrid optical-acoustic imaging modalities with broad applications in research and clinical imaging, including photoacoustic tomography (PAT), photoacoustic microscopy, and ultrasound-modulated optical tomography. Tissue-mimicking phantoms are an important tool for objectively and quantitatively simulating in vivo imaging system performance. However, no standard tissue phantoms exist for such systems. One major challenge is the development of tissue-mimicking materials (TMMs) that are both highly stable and possess biologically realistic properties. To address this need, we have explored the use of various formulations of PVC plastisol (PVCP) based on varying mixtures of several liquid plasticizers. We developed a custom PVCP formulation with optical absorption and scattering coefficients, speed of sound, and acoustic attenuation that are tunable and tissue-relevant. This TMM can simulate different tissue compositions and offers greater mechanical strength than hydrogels. Optical properties of PVCP samples with varying composition were characterized using integrating sphere spectrophotometry and the inverse adding-doubling method. Acoustic properties were determined using a broadband pulse-transmission technique. To demonstrate the utility of this bimodal TMM, we constructed an image quality phantom designed to enable quantitative evaluation of PAT spatial resolution. The phantom was imaged using a custom combined PAT-ultrasound imaging system. Results indicated that this more biologically realistic TMM produced performance trends not captured in simpler liquid phantoms. In the future, this TMM may be broadly utilized for performance evaluation of optical, acoustic, and hybrid optical-acoustic imaging systems.

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William C. Vogt, Congxian Jia, Keith A. Wear, Brian S. Garra, and T. Joshua Pfefer "Development and validation of a biologically realistic tissue-mimicking material for photoacoustics and other bimodal optical-acoustic modalities", Proc. SPIE 10056, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies X, 100560C (16 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254596

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Tissue optics

Acoustics

Ultrasonography

Signal attenuation

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