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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2010
Hao F. Zhang, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Shuliang Jiao, Alhambra, CA (US);
Hao F. Zhang, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Shuliang Jiao, Alhambra, CA (US);
The UWM Research Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for multimodal functional imaging based upon photoacoustic and laser optical scanning microscopy. In particular, at least one embodiment of the present invention utilizes a contact lens in combination with an ultrasound transducer for purposes of acquiring photoacoustic microscopy data. Traditionally divergent imaging modalities such as confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and photoacoustic microscopy are combined within a single laser system. Functional imaging of biological samples can be utilized for various medical and biological purposes.