Ultrasonic and Photonic Technologies for Biomedical Imaging and Elastography

Dear Colleagues,

Light and sound have become essential imaging tool in biomedical engineering. Lasers are routinely used for high-resolution imaging for scientific and medical purpose, and real-time ultrasound imaging has become the dominant clinical imaging modality in the health care system. Light and sound can also be integrated photonic–ultrasonic techniques, including photoacoustics imaging and laser ultrasound systems for medical and non-medical applications. Moreover, elastography technology, as an extention of the function of current optical and ultrasound imaging systems, can be a very useful tool for clinical applications, e.g., cancer localization and diagnosis. Current development of elastography techniques integrate light and sound in a more interesting way, for example, in optical coherence elastography (OCE), focused ultrasound stimulates propagating surface waves in the soft tissues tracked with real-time. The field of biomedical optics and ultrasonics continues to fascinate scientists, engineer, and users by unending production of new ideas and the rapid development of new methods, instruments applications, and the expansion of clinical implementations.

The goal of this Special Issue is to explore recent research findings and technical developments in biomedical optics and ultrasonics, and their elastography function. Many technologies and instrumentations have been successfully translated into biomedical applications ranging from clinical diagnosis to molecular biology. Herein are the many challenges and opportunities for collaborative research and development. Several recent breakthroughs, development trends, and potential uses in conjunction with other techniques are also welcome. Biomedical optics and ultrasonics-based imaging technologies impact a very wide and disparate range of clinical specialties (ophthalmology, endoscopy, dermatology, infectious diseases, surgery, etc.). Potential topics include, but are not limited to, novel methods and instrument designs, in vivo imaging and measurement technology of the human detection and characterization of diseases, and molecular imaging. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics in:

• bio-optical imaging
• ultrasound imaging
• elastography
• multimodal imaging
• machine learning and image processing
• microscopy
• tissue optics and spectroscopy
• focused ultrasound
• photoacoustic imaging and spectroscopy
• clinical ultrasound

Dr. Chunhui Li
Dr. James Joseph
Prof. Dr. Zhihong Huang
Guest Editors

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• bio-optical imaging
• ultrasound imaging
• elastography
• multimodal imaging
• machine learning and image processing
• microscopy
• tissue optics and spectroscopy
• focused ultrasound
• photoacoustic imaging and spectroscopy
• clinical ultrasound