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Real-time tomography of the human brain

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Arrays of ultrasonic transducers arranged hemispherically around the head enable the mapping of haemodynamic changes in the brain via photoacoustic computed tomography at resolutions down to 350 micrometres and 2 seconds.

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Fig. 1: Functional photoacoustic computed tomography (fPACT) of the adult brain.

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  1. Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Wonjun Yim & Jesse V. Jokerst

  2. Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Yash Mantri

  3. Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Jesse V. Jokerst

  4. Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Jesse V. Jokerst

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Yim, W., Mantri, Y. & Jokerst, J.V. Real-time tomography of the human brain. Nat. Biomed. Eng 6, 499–500 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-022-00893-3

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