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Teachability of multispectral optoacoustic tomography.

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Authors

Li, Yi 
Gröhl, Janek 
Haney, Briain 
Caranovic, Milenko 
Lorenz-Meyer, Eva 

Abstract

To date, the appropriate training required for the reproducible operation of multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) is poorly discussed. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the teachability of MSOT imaging. Five operators (two experienced and three inexperienced) performed repositioning imaging experiments. The inexperienced received the following introductions: personal supervision, video meeting, or printed introduction. The task was to image the exact same position on the calf muscle for seven times on five volunteers in two rounds of investigations. In the first session, operators used ultrasound guidance during measurements while using only photoacoustic data in the second session. The performance comparison was carried out with full-reference image quality measures to quantitatively assess the difference between repeated scans. The study demonstrates that given a personal supervision and hybrid ultrasound real-time imaging in MSOT measurements, inexperienced operators are able to achieve the same level as experienced operators in terms of repositioning accuracy.

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Publication status: Published


Funder: European Union (ERC Starting)

Keywords

MSOT, multispectral optoacoustic imaging, teachability, ultrasound, Photoacoustic Techniques, Humans, Tomography, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted

Journal Title

J Biophotonics

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1864-063X
1864-0648

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Publisher

Wiley
Sponsorship
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) (GR 5824/1)