Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 11, 111701(2021)

Review of photoacoustic imaging for microrobots tracking in vivo [Invited] On the Cover

Dengfeng Li, Yachao Zhang, Chao Liu, Jiangbo Chen, Dong Sun*, and Lidai Wang**
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  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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    Category: Biophotonics

    Received: Mar. 30, 2021

    Accepted: May. 14, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 6, 2021

    The Author Email: Dong Sun (medsun@cityu.edu.hk), Lidai Wang (lidawang@cityu.edu.hk)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.111701

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