Edited image from the publication: scan of the liver of an obese patient. The image quality of the standard ultrasound probe (left) is significantly poorer than that of the high-performance probes ...

Researchers have developed a compact handheld imaging probe that could expand the clinical and research use of photoacoustic microscopy. Read on to learn more.

Alternatively, data from all transducers can be used while limiting the focal depth, allowing more transmit-receive pulses to be packed into a given time. Either way, conventional ultrasound involves ...