Definition of Ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging
Ultrasound-switchable fluorescence (USF) imaging is a deep optics imaging technique. In last few decades, fluorescence microscopy has been highly developed to image biological samples and live tissues. However, due to light scattering, fluorescence microscopy is limited to shallow tissues (about 1 mm). Since fluorescence is characterized by high contrast, high sensitivity, and low cost which is crucial to investigate deep tissue information, developing fluorescence imaging technique with high depth-to-resolution ratio would be promising.. Recently, ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging has been developed to achieve high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and high spatial resolution imaging without sacrificing image depth.
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What is Ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging?
Ultrasound-switchable fluorescence (USF) imaging is a deep optics imaging technique. In last few decades, fluorescence microscopy has been highly developed to image biological samples and live tissues.