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ArticlePhotoacoustics2023

Performance evaluation of mesoscopic photoacoustic imaging.

Lina Hacker, Emma L Brown, Thierry L Lefebvre, Paul W Sweeney, Sarah E Bohndiek

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Article in Photoacoustics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Early Radiation Therapy Response Assessment Using Multi-Scale Photoacoustic Imaging.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lina HackerDepartment of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.
Emma L BrownDepartment of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.
Thierry L LefebvreDepartment of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.
Paul W SweeneyDepartment of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.
Sarah E BohndiekDepartment of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 16267Cancer Research UK 21142Cancer Research UK 28870Cancer Research UK 29448
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photoacoustic mesoscopy visualises vascular architecture at high-resolution up to ~3 mm depth. Despite promise in preclinical and clinical imaging studies, with applications in oncology and dermatology, the accuracy and precision of photoacoustic mesoscopy is not well established. Here, we evaluate a commercial photoacoustic mesoscopy system for imaging vascular structures. Typical artefact types are first highlighted and limitations due to non-isotropic illumination and detection are evaluated with respect to rotation, angularity, and depth of the target. Then, using tailored phantoms and mouse models, we investigate system precision, showing coefficients of variation (COV) between repeated scans [short term (1 h): COV= 1.2%; long term (25 days): COV= 9.6%], from target repositioning (without: COV=1.2%, with: COV=4.1%), or from varying

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PhantomPhotoacoustic mesoscopyPrecisionRaster-Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy (RSOM)RepeatabilityReproducibility

Identifiers

PMID37214427
PMCPMC10199419

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