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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 7, 071701(2025)

Vascular permeability assessment using dual-wavelength photoacoustic microscopy with spectral unmixing

Yongyan Ren1...2, Kun Yu1,2, Qiansong Xia1,3, Honghui Li2,*, and Liming Nie12,** |Show fewer author(s)

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¹School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

²Medical Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, China

³School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China

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Category: Biophotonics

Received: Jan. 25, 2025

Accepted: Mar. 17, 2025

Posted: Mar. 17, 2025

Published Online: Jun. 20, 2025

The Author Email: Honghui Li (lihonghui@gdph.org.cn), Liming Nie (limingnie@gmail.com)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.071701

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.071701

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