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Microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging, as an emerging biomedical imaging technique, combines the high contrast of microwave imaging with the high spatial resolution of ultrasound imaging. As an important branch of this technology, microwave-induced thermoacoustic microscopy retains these advantages while providing the capability to visualize finer tissue characteristics. However, conventional raster scanning mechanisms introduce interference in microwave field distribution due to mechanical motion, necessitating multiple signal averages to maintain signal-to-noise ratio. Additionally, the idle time during motor movement leads to prolonged single-scan duration, limiting its practical applications. To address these limitations, this paper proposes a rapid imaging system based on one-dimensional galvanometer scanning. The system employs a hybrid galvanometer-translation stage architecture and an optimized scanning strategy to minimize microwave field interference, reduce the number of signal averages, and decrease idle time, ultimately achieving more than a tenfold improvement in imaging speed. A specially designed timing control algorithm ensures precise synchronization of microwave excitation, galvanometer motion, and ultrasound detection, while a reconstruction algorithm adapted to the optimized scanning method effectively corrects distortions generated during the scanning process. System performance was evaluated through phantom and ex vivo tissue experiments. Resolution tests demonstrated hundred-micrometer resolution along all three axes (332 μm × 324 μm × 79 μm), while contrast and depth imaging experiments confirmed its capability to clearly distinguish targets with different conductivities, achieving an effective detection depth of at least 10 mm in tissue. Early tumor mimicking experiments further demonstrated the system's ability to identify lesion boundaries, preliminarily revealing its potential for rapid tumor margin assessment. This approach maintains the imaging quality of microwave-induced thermoacoustic microscopy while enhancing imaging efficiency and system stability, laying a crucial foundation for advancing the technology from laboratory research to clinical applications.
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Keywords:
- Microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging /
- microwave-induced thermoacoustic microscopy /
- galvanometer scanning /
- imaging speed
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