Abstract

Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) has attracted increasing research interest in the biomedical field due to its unique merit of combining light and sound. In general, the bandwidth of a photoacoustic signal reaches up to tens or even hundreds of MHz, which requires a high-performance acquisition card to meet the high requirement of precision of sampling and control. For most depth-insensitive scenes, it is complex and costly to capture the photoacoustic maximum amplitude projection (MAP) images. Herein, we propose a simple and low-cost MAP-PAM system based on a custom-made peak holding circuit to obtain the extremum values by Hz data sampling. The dynamic range of the input signal is 0.01–2.5 V, and the −6-dB bandwidth of the input signal can be up to 45 MHz. Through in vitro and in vivo experiments, we have verified that the system has the same imaging ability as conventional PAM. Owing to its compact size and ultra-low price (approximately $\$$18), it provides a new performance paradigm for PAM and opens up a new way for an optimal photoacoustic sensing and imaging device.

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