Apr. 2025 |
Presentation (K. Tamura, S. Okawa, "Development of a specific acoustic impedance microscope using a laser ultrasound" (BISC4-04), SPIE Optics & Photonics International Congress 2025) |
Apr. 2025 |
Published paper was selected as an Editor's Choice (Okawa, S.; Hoshi, Y. A Review of Image Reconstruction Algorithms for Diffuse Optical Tomography. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 5016. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13085016) |
Jan. 2025 |
SO talked in the 45th Annual Meeting of the Laser Society of Japan. |
Jan. 2025 |
A paper published and highlighted as an Editor's Pick (Q. Shahzad, Y. Yamada, Y. Hoshi, S. Okawa, High-contrast and noise-robust image reconstruction with regularization minimizing entropy for diffuse optical tomography. Opt. Continuum, 4(2), 86-113, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTCON.542669) |
Nov. 2024 |
Presentations (M. Faheem, K. Tamura, S. Okawa, "Improvement in signal-to-noise ratio of frequency-domain photoacoustic measurement," (30aEJ3), Q. Shahzad, Y. Yamada, Y. Hoshi, S. Okawa, "Image reconstruction with regularization minimizing entropy for diffuse optical tomography" (30p4PD2), Optics & Photonics Japan 2024) |
Oct. 2024 |
A paper published (K. S. Okawa, S. Okawa, H. Sasa & M. Ishihara, Clinical application of photoacoustic imaging for cervical precursor lesion detection, Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-024-01501-4) |
May. 2024 |
KT published a paper (Tamura K, Hashimoto K, Okawa S, Thermoelastic wave generation and its longitudinal wave propagation measurement by a microscopic optical interferometer. Ultrasonics, 141, 107319 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107319). |
Jan. 2024 |
KT published a paper (Yoshida K, Omura M, Tamura K, Hirata S, Yamaguchi T, Detection of individual microbubbles by burst-wave-aided contrast-enhanced active Doppler ultrasonography. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (2024) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10412681). |
Jan. 2024 |
KT published a paper (Tamura, K., Ito, K., Kishimoto, R., Yoshida, K., Kishimoto, T., Obata, T., Yamaguchi, T., The effect of steatosis on shear-wave velocity and viscoelastic properties related to liver fibrosis progression in rat models. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2024.01.002). |
Jan. 2024 |
SO published a paper (Okawa, S.K., Hirasawa, T., Okawa, S., Fujita, M., and Ishihara, M., "Real-time fetal monitoring using photoacoustic measurement of placental oxygen saturation in a rabbit hypoxia model," Placenta 146 (2024), 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2024.01.005). |
Dec. 2023 |
KT talked about "Fully Optic Characterization of Acoustic Impedance Implementable in Conventional Optical Microscope" in Acoustics 23. |
Nov. 2023 |
SO talked about "Diffuse optical tomography: now and the future" in Optics and Photonics Japan 2023. |
Nov. 2023 |
KT talked about "Fully optic characterization of acoustic impedance implementable in optical microscope" in The 44th Symposium on Ultrasonic Electronics (USE 2023) . |
Sep. 2023 |
KT talked about "Speed of Sound Evaluation of cryosectoned Faty Liver Specimens Using Quanitative Acoustic Microscopy" in 2023 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. |
Jun. 2023 |
KT talked about "Development of Mechanical Property Microscopy Using Photoacoustic Excitation and Optical Interferometry" in 47th Annual International Symposium on ULTRASONIC IMAGING AND TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION. |
Apr. 2023 |
A review paper was published (Okawa, S.; Hoshi, Y. A Review of Image Reconstruction Algorithms for Diffuse Optical Tomography. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 5016. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13085016) |
Apr. 2023 |
A paper was published (Ujihara Y, Tamura K, Mori S, Hirata S, Yoshida K, Maruyama H, and Yamaguchi T (2023) Improved robustness of multi-component analysis in amplitude envelope statistics using plane waves. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 62 SJ1043. https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/acc749) |
Feb. 2023 |
A paper was published (Tamura K, Ito K, Yoshida S, Mamou J, Miura K and Yamamoto S (2023) Alteration of speed-of-sound by fixatives and tissue processing methods in scanning acoustic microscopy. Front. Phys. 11:1060296. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2023.1060296 ) |
Nov. 2022 |
KT was awarded the grand prize in 5th Shizuoka Tech Grand prix |
Oct. 2022 |
SO talked in workshop on computational medical science in Tsukuba University. |
Apr. 2022 |
Lab launched |