Electric and magnetic properties of contrast agents for thermoacoustic imaging

Olumide Ogunlade; Paul Beard

doi:10.1117/12.2040051

3 March 2014 Electric and magnetic properties of contrast agents for thermoacoustic imaging

Olumide Ogunlade, Paul Beard

Proceedings Volume 8943, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2014; 89432V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040051
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The endogenous contrast in thermoacoustic imaging is due to the water and ionic content in tissue. This results in poor tissue speci city between high water content tissues. As a result, exogenous contrast agents have been employed to improve tissue speci city and also increase the SNR. An investigation into the sources of contrast produced by several exogenous contrast agents is described. These include three gadolinium based MRI contrast agents, iron oxide particles, single wall carbon nanotubes, saline and sucrose solutions. Both the dielectric and magnetic properties of contrast agents at 3GHz have been measured using microwave resonant cavities. The DC conductivity of the contrast agents were also measured. It is shown that the measured increase in dielectric contrast, relative to water, is due to dipole rotational loss of polar non electrolytes, ionic loss of electrolytes or a combination of both. It is shown that for the same dielectric contrast, electrolytes make better thermoacoustic contrast agents than non-electrolytes, for thermoacoustic imaging.

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Olumide Ogunlade and Paul Beard "Electric and magnetic properties of contrast agents for thermoacoustic imaging", Proc. SPIE 8943, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2014, 89432V (3 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040051

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