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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 23, Issue 2, 021102 (2025)

In vivo whole brain photoacoustic microscopy through a transparent ultrasound transducer

Chen Liang^1,2, Junwei Wu², Hangbing Peng², Lijun Deng¹..., Yiqin Lin², Zhongwen Cheng^2,*, Lüming Zeng^1,2,** and Xuanrong Ji²|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, China

²State Key Laboratory of Precision Electronics Manufacturing Technology and Equipment, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

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Chen Liang, Junwei Wu, Hangbing Peng, Lijun Deng, Yiqin Lin, Zhongwen Cheng, Lüming Zeng, Xuanrong Ji, "In vivo whole brain photoacoustic microscopy through a transparent ultrasound transducer," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 021102 (2025) Copy Citation Text

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Chen Liang, Junwei Wu, Hangbing Peng, Lijun Deng, Yiqin Lin, Zhongwen Cheng, Lüming Zeng, Xuanrong Ji, "In vivo whole brain photoacoustic microscopy through a transparent ultrasound transducer," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 021102 (2025)

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