Department

Biomedical Engineering, Vascular Surgery

Faculty Advisor(s)

Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, Loay Kabbani, Nicole Kennedy

Document Type

Poster

Abstract

Laser ablation is a treatment method that uses light energy through a catheter inserted into a vein to induce localized heat to close the diseased blood vessels. Ultrasound (US) imaging has been used for catheter visualization and tracking. US has limitations for tracking the accurate location of the fiber tip inside small perforating veins such as angular dependency and comet tail artifacts. We propose a robust and accurate method for fiber tip tracking using combined US and Photoacoustic (PA) imaging to overcome the existing limitations.

Disciplines

Bioimaging and Biomedical Optics | Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation | Surgical Procedures, Operative

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