We’ve developed NIR-LED array light source module for photoacoustic imaging system, which is ultra-small and consumes extremely low power. Conventional photoacoustic imaging system uses solid state laser light source, which consumes large amount of electricity. Instead, we’ve developed high intensity NIR-LED chips on a 1cm x 6cm board, which produces approx. 1.0kW output power and obtained photoacoustic signal by driving NIR-LED light source module with about 100 ns pulse. Comparing to the laser light source, our module is much smaller than 1/15000 the volume and less than 1/1000 the power consumption approximately. We’ve achieved penetration depth of 30mm.

Date Published: 9 March 2015
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 9383, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XIX, 93831D (9 March 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2077383

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9383:
Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XIX
Klaus P. Streubel; Heonsu Jeon; Li-Wei Tu; Martin Strassburg, Editor(s)