PMID- 38352643 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240215 IS - 2213-5979 (Print) IS - 2213-5979 (Electronic) IS - 2213-5979 (Linking) VI - 36 DP - 2024 Apr TI - Real-time dual-modal photoacoustic and fluorescence small animal imaging. PG - 100593 LID - 10.1016/j.pacs.2024.100593 [doi] LID - 100593 AB - By combining optical absorption contrast and acoustic resolution, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has broken the barrier in depth for high-resolution optical imaging. Meanwhile, Fluorescence imaging (FLI), owing to advantages of high sensitivity and high specificity with abundant fluorescence agents and proteins, has always been playing a key role in live animal studies. Based on different optical contrast mechanisms, PAI and FLI can provide important complementary information to each other. In this work, we uniquely designed a Photoacoustic-Fluorescence (PA-FL) imaging system that provides real-time dual modality imaging, in which a half-ring ultrasonic array is employed for high quality PA tomography and a specially designed optical window allows simultaneous whole-body fluorescence imaging. The performance of this dual modality system was demonstrated in live animal studies, including real-time monitoring of perfusion and metabolic processes of fluorescent dyes. Our study indicates that the PA-FL imaging system has unique potential for live small animal research. CI - (c) 2024 The Authors. FAU - Sun, Yu AU - Sun Y AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. FAU - Wang, Yibing AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. FAU - Li, Wenzhao AU - Li W AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. FAU - Li, Changhui AU - Li C AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. AD - National Biomedical Imaging Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240202 PL - Germany TA - Photoacoustics JT - Photoacoustics JID - 101622604 PMC - PMC10862394 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Fluorescence imaging OT - Multimodal imaging OT - Photoacoustic imaging OT - Real time OT - Small animal imaging COIS- We declare that we have no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence our work. there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in, or the review of, the manuscript entitled "Real-time dual-modal photoacoustic and fluorescence small animal imaging system". EDAT- 2024/02/14 06:43 MHDA- 2024/02/14 06:44 PMCR- 2024/02/02 CRDT- 2024/02/14 03:55 PHST- 2023/10/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/01/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/14 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/14 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/14 03:55 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2213-5979(24)00010-7 [pii] AID - 100593 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pacs.2024.100593 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Photoacoustics. 2024 Feb 2;36:100593. doi: 10.1016/j.pacs.2024.100593. eCollection 2024 Apr.