@inproceedings{6501c92a67714f1bb3e63fd1c8f28d7d,
title = "Design and optimization of simulated light delivery systems for photoacoustic assessment of peripheral nerve injury",
abstract = "Precise assessment of nerve injury optimizes outcomes after surgical nerve repair. Photoacoustic imaging is a promising technique for this intraoperative assessment, but is challenged by optical scattering which reduces light penetration into nerve tissue. This work investigates custom light delivery methods to enhance optical penetration into nerve tissue using Monte Carlo simulations. Light sources were positioned in four configurations surrounding the nerve using sparse activation patterns that were evenly distributed or clustered. Results indicate that a custom light delivery system with combined radial and lateral trajectory illumination maximize optical penetration into nerve tissue for intraoperative photoacoustic assessment of nerve injury.",
author = "Graham, {Michelle T.} and {Von Guionneau}, Nicholas and Sami Tuffaha and {Lediju Bell}, {Muyinatu A.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by NSF SCH Award IIS-2014088 and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Grant No. DEG1746891). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 SPIE.; Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2022 ; Conference date: 20-02-2022 Through 24-02-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2610511",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Oraevsky, {Alexander A.} and Wang, {Lihong V.}",
booktitle = "Photons Plus Ultrasound",
}