Publications

Recent publications

Miniaturised all-optical ultrasound probe for thrombus imaging. Zhang S, Lim CS, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Desjardins AE, Colchester RJ (2023), Proc. SPIE 12631, Opto-Acoustic Methods and Applications in Biophotonics VI, 1263110; doi:10.1117/12.2669613

Fiber-optic hydrophone for detection of high-intensity ultrasound waves. Kipergil EA, Martin E, Mathews SJ, Papakonstantinou I, Alles EJ, Desjardins AE (2023). Optics Letters. doi:10.1364/OL.488862

Flexible triboelectric nanogenerators using transparent copper nanowire electrodes: energy harvesting, sensing human activities and material recognition. Bagchi B, Datta P, Fernandez CS, Gupta P, Jaufuraully S, David AL, Siassakos D, Desjardins A, Tiwari MK (2023). Materials Horizons. doi:10.1039/D3MH00404J

The Future of Neonatal Skull Suture Detection. Opie J, Jaufuraully S, Salvadores Fernandez C, Bagchi B, Desjardins A, Tiwari M, Blandford A, Siasakos D (2023). CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference paper (text); WISH - Symposium, Hamburg.

All-optical ultrasound catheter for rapid B-mode oesophageal imaging. Lewis-Thompson I, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Desjardins AE, Colchester RJ (2023). Biomedical Optics Express. doi:10.1364/BOE.494878

Miniaturised dual-modality all-optical ultrasound probe for laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) monitoring. Zhang S, Bodian S, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Noimark S, Desjardins AE, Colchester RJ (2023). Biomedical Optics Express. doi:10.1364/BOE.494892

Bend-insensitive Fiber Optic Ultrasonic Tracking Probe for Cardiovascular Interventions. Mathews S, Little C, Zhang E, Beard P, Mastracci T, Rakhit R, Desjardins A (2023) Medical Physics. doi:10.1002/mp.16334

A triboelectric nanocomposite for sterile sensing, energy harvesting and haptic diagnostics in interventional procedures from surgical gloves. Fernandez CS, Jaufuraully S, Bagchi B, Chen W, Datta P, Gupta P, David AL, Siassakos D, Desjardins A, Tiwari MK (2023). Advanced Healthcare Materials. doi:10.1002/adhm.202202673

Comparison of Fabrication Methods for Fiber-Optic Ultrasound Transmitters Using Candle-Soot Nanoparticles. Bodian S, Aytac-Kipergil E, Zhang S, Lewis-Thompson I, Sathasivam S, Mathews SJ, Alles EJ, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Gordon RJ, Collier P, Parkin IP, Desjardins AE, Colchester RJ, Noimark S. Advanced Materials Interfaces 24 February 2023 doi:10.1002/admi.202201792

A sensorised surgical glove to analyse forces during neurosurgery. Horsfall HL, Fernandez CS, Bagchi B, Datta P, Gupta P, Koh CH, Khan D, Muirhead W, Desjardins A, Tiwari M, Marcus HJ. Neurosurgery 2023 Mar 1;92(3):639-646. doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000002239

Preventing stillbirth from obstructed labor: A sensorized, low-cost device to train in safer operative birth. Jaufuraully S, Fernandez CS, Bagchi B, Gupta P, Desjardins A, Siassakos D David ALD, Tiwari MK. Front. Glob. Womens Health, 30 January 2023 Sec. Maternal Health Volume 3 - 2022 | doi:10.3389/fgwh.2022.1039477

PDMS Composites with Photostable NIR Dyes for B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging. Thompson IL, Mathews S, Zhang E, Beard P, Desjardins A and Colchester R (2022). IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Venice, Italy, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi:10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958064.

Fabrication of an Array of Eccentric Sources for Freehand Optical Ultrasound Imaging. Watt FT, Noimark S, Desjardins AE, Beard PC and Alles EJ, 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Venice, Italy, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi:10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958357.

Intraoperative Needle Tip Tracking with an Integrated Fibre-Optic Ultrasound Sensor. Baker C, Xochicale M, Lin F-Y, Mathews S, Joubert F, Shakir DI, Miles R, Mosse CA, Zhao T, Liang W, Kunpalin Y, Dromey B, Mistry T, Sebire NJ, Zhang E, Ourselin S, Beard PC, David AL, Desjardins AE, Vercauteren T, Xia W. Sensors 2022, 22(23), 9035; doi:10.3390/s22239035

All publications

2023

Fiber-optic hydrophone for detection of high-intensity ultrasound waves. Kipergil EA, Martin E, Mathews SJ, Papakonstantinou I, Alles EJ, Desjardins AE. Optics Letters. doi:10.1364/OL.488862

All-optical ultrasound catheter for rapid B-mode oesophageal imaging. Lewis-Thompson I, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Desjardins AE, Colchester RJ (2023). Biomedical Optics Express. doi:10.1364/BOE.494878

2022

Enhanced Photoacoustic Visualisation of Clinical Needles by Combining Interstitial and Extracorporeal Illumination of Elastomeric Nanocomposite Coatings. Shi M, Bodian S, West SJ, Sathasivam S, Gordon RJ, Collier P, Vercauteren T, Desjardins AE, Noimark S, Xia W. Sensors (2022). doi:10.3390/s22176417

Dual-modality fibre optic probe for simultaneous ablation and ultrasound imaging. Zhang S, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Desjardins AE, Colchester RJ. Nature Communications Engineering (2022). doi:10.1038/s44172-022-00020-9. The code can be found here.

Enhancement of instrumented ultrasonic tracking images using deep learning. Maneas E, Hauptmann A, Alles EJ, Xia W, Noimark S, David AL, Arridge S, Desjardins AE. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (2022). doi:10.1007/s11548-022-02728-

Neural Network Kalman Filtering for 3-D Object Tracking From Linear Array Ultrasound Data. Arjas A, Alles EJ, Maneas E, Arridge S, Desjardins A, Sillanpää MJ, Hauptmann A. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (2022). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2022.3162097

A patient-specific multi-modality abdominal aortic aneurysm imaging phantom. Little CD, Mackle EC, Maneas E, Chong D, Nikitichev D, Constantinou J, Tsui J, Hamilton G, Rakhit RD, Mastracci TM, Desjardins AE. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (2022). doi:10.1007/s11548-022-02612-4

High-resolution sub-millimetre diameter side-viewing all-optical ultrasound transducer based on a single dual-clad optical fibre. Colchester RJ, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Desjardins AE. Biomedical Optics Express (2022). doi:10.1364/BOE.459486

Improving needle visibility in LED-based photoacoustic imaging using deep learning with semi-synthetic datasets. Shi M, Zhao T, West SJ, Desjardins AE, Vercauteren T, Xia W. (2022) Photoacoustics doi:10.1016/j.pacs.2022.100351

PDMS composites with photostable NIR dyes for multi-modal ultrasound imaging. Lewis-Thompson I, Zhang S, Noimark S, Desjardins AE, Colchester RJ. (2022) MRS Advances. doi:10.1557/s43580-022-00208-3

2021

Ultrasonic Needle Tracking with Dynamic Electronic Focusing. Mathews SJ, Shakir DI, Mosse CA, Xia W, Zhang EZ, Beard EC, West SJ, David AL, Ourselin S, Vercauteren T, Desjardins A. (2021) Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.11.008

Real-Time Ultrasonic Tracking of an Intraoperative Needle Tip with Integrated Fibre-Optic Hydrophone. Baker C, Xochiacale M, Joubert F, Lin F, Mathews S, Shakir DI, Ourselin S, David A, Dromey B, Desjardins A, Zhang E, Beard P, Vercauteren T, Xia W. (2021). doi:10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593381

Enhancing Photoacoustic Visualisation of Clinical Needles with Deep Learning. Shi M, Wang Z, Zhao T, West SJ, Desjardins AE, Vercauteren T, Xia W. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. doi:10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593857

Deep Learning for Instrumented Ultrasonic Tracking: From synthetic training data to in vivo application. Maneas E, Hauptmann A, Alles EJ, Xia W, Vercauteren T, Ourselin S, David AL, Arridge S, Desjardins AE. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2021.3126530.

Fibre optic intravascular measurements of blood flow: A review. Mackle EC, Coote JM, Carr E, Little CD, van Soest G, Desjardins AE. (2021) Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2021.113162

Real-time all-optical ultrasound imaging of a dynamic heart valve phantom. Colchester RJ, Moore JT, Peters TM, Finlay MC, Desjardins AE (2021). Proceedings Volume 11879, Frontiers in Biophotonics and Imaging; 1187908. doi:10.1117/12.2598781

Robot-Assisted Optical Ultrasound Scanning. Dwyer G, Alles EJ, Colchester RJ, Iyengar K, Desjardins AE, Stoyanov D. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 948-958, Nov. 2021, doi:10.1109/TMRB.2021.3118293.

CuInS2 Quantum Dot and Polydimethylsiloxane Nanocomposites for All-Optical Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging. Bodian S, Colchester RJ, Macdonald TJ, Ambroz F, de Gutierrez MB, Mathews SJ, Fong YMM, Maneas E, Welsby KA, Gordon RJ, Collier P, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Parkin IP, Desjardins AE, Noimark S. Advanced Materials Interfaces doi:10.1002/admi.202100518

Freehand and video-rate all-optical ultrasound imaging. Alles EJ, Mackle EC, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2021). Ultrasonics 116: 106514. doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2021.106514

Flexible and directional fibre optic ultrasound transmitters using photostable dyes. Colchester RJ, Little CD, Alles EJ, Desjardins AE (2021). OSA Continuum 4(9) 2488-2495. doi: 10.1364/OSAC.431444

Modelling and measurement of laser-generated focused ultrasound: Can interventional transducers achieve therapeutic effects? Aytac-Kipergil E, Desjardins AE, Treeby BE, Noimark S, Parkin IP, Alles EJ (2021).The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 149, 2732. doi:10.1121/10.0004302

Precision-Microfabricated Fiber-Optic Probe for Intravascular Pressure and Temperature Sensing. Poduval RK, Coote JM, Mosse CA, Finlay MC, Desjardins AE, Papakonstantinou I (2021. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 27(4). doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2021.3054727

Dynamic Characterisation of Fibre-Optic Temperature Sensors for Physiological Monitoring. Coote JM, Torii R, Desjardins AE (2021). Sensors. 21(1), 221. doi:10.3390/s21010221

2020

Miniature all-optical flexible forward-viewing photoacoustic endoscopy probe for surgical guidance. Ansari R, Zhang EZ, Desjardins AE, Beard PC (2020). Optics Letters 45(22):6238-6241. doi:10.1364/OL.400295

Multispectral tissue mapping: developing a concept for the optical evaluation of liver disease. Schneider C, Nikitichev D, Xia W, Gurusamy K, Desjardins AE, Davidson BR (2020). Journal of Medical Imaging, 7(6), 066001. doi:10.1117/1.JMI.7.6.066001

Real-time and Freehand Multimodal Imaging: Combining White Light Endoscopy with All-Optical Ultrasound. Alles E, Dwyer G, Colchester R, Maneas E, Stoyanov D, Desjardins A (2020). IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Las Vegas. IEEE. doi:10.1109/IUS46767.2020.9251641

Optically Generated Ultrasound for Intracoronary Imaging. Little CD, Colchester RJ, Noimark S, Manmathan G, Finlay MC, Desjardins AE, Rakhit RD (2020). Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 7:14. doi:10.3389/fcvm.2020.525530

Broadband all-optical plane-wave ultrasound imaging system based on a Fabry-Perot scanner. Pham K, Noimark S, Huynh N, Zhang E, Kuklis F, Jaros J, Desjardins A, Cox B, Beard P (2020). IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (Early Access). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2020.3028749.

Comparison of manual and semi-automatic registration in augmented reality image-guided liver surgery: a clinical feasibility study. Schneider C, Thompson S, Totz J, Song Y, Allam M, Sodergren MH, Desjardins AE, Barratt D, Ourselin S, Gurusamy K, Stoyanov D, Clarkson MJ, Hawkes DJ, Davidson BR (2020). Surgical Endoscopy 34: 4702–4711, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-020-07807-x.

Patient-Specific Polyvinyl Alcohol Phantom Fabrication with Ultrasound and X-Ray Contrast for Brain Tumor Surgery Planning. Mackle EC, Shapey J, Maneas E, Saeed SR, Bradford R, Ourselin S, Vercauteren T, Desjardins AE (2020). Journal of Visualized Experiments, e61344, doi:10.3791/61344.

Ultrasound 3D reconstruction of malignant masses in robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy using the PAF rail system: a comparison study. Wang C, Komninos C, Andersen S, D’Ettorre C, Dwyer G, Maneas E, Edwards P, Desjardins A, Stilli A and Stoyanov D. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. doi:10.1007/s11548-020-02149-4

Ex vivo assessment of the optical characteristics of human brain and tumour tissue. Shapey J, Xie Y, Nabavi E, Ebner M, Maneas E, Saeed SR, Dorward N, Kitchen N, Desjardins AE, Ourselin S, Jaunmuktane Z, Brandner S, Bradford R, Vercauteren T. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 11251. doi:10.1117/12.2545694

LED-Based Photoacoustic Imaging for Guiding Peripheral Minimally Invasive Procedures
Mackle EC, Maneas E, Xia W, West S, Desjardins AE (2020). Chapter of LED-Based Photoacoustic Imaging, SpringerLink.

Source Density Apodization: Image Artifact Suppression Through Source Pitch Nonuniformity
Alles EJ, Desjardins AE (2020). IEEE Transactions on Ultrasound, Ferroelectrics and frequency control 67(3).

2019

Minimally invasive photoacoustic imaging: Current status and future perspectives. Zhao T, Desjardins AE, Ourselin S, Vercauteren T, Xia W (2019). Photoacoustics, 16, UNSP 100146. doi:10.1016/j.pacs.2019.100146

Interventional photoacoustics: using light to sound out the path to safe, effective interventions. van Soest G, Desjardins A (2019). Physics in Medicine and Biology, 64 (22), doi:10.1088/1361-6560/ab50d8.

Use of a flexible optical fibre bundle to interrogate a Fabry–Perot sensor for photoacoustic imaging
Ansari R, Zhang EZ, Desjardins AE, David AL, Beard PC (2019). Optics Express 27(26).

Versatile and scalable fabrication method for laser-generated focused ultrasound transducers
Aytac-Kipergil E, Alles EJ, Pauw HC, Karia J, Noimark S, Desjardins AE (2019). Optics Letters 44(24).

Photoacoustic imaging of the human placental vasculature
Maneas E, Aughwane R, Huynh N, Xia W, Ansari R, Singh MKA, Ciaran Hutchinson J, Sebire NJ, Arthurs OJ, Deprest J, Ourselin S, Beard PC, Melbourne A, Vercauteren T, David AL, Desjardins AE (2019). Journal of Biophotonics e201900167.

Optical interferometric temperature sensors for intravascular blood flow measurements
Carr E, Mackle EC, Finlay MC, Mosse CA, Coote JM, Papakonstantinou I, Desjardins AE (2019). Proc. SPIE 11075, Novel Biophotonics Techniques and Applications V, 1107502 (22 July 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2527056

Large Area All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging Using Robotic Control
Colchester RJ, Alles EJ, Dwyer G, Maneas E, Stoyanov D, Desjardins AE (2019). Proc. SPIE 11077, Opto-Acoustic Methods and Applications in Biophotonics IV, 110771G (19 July 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2525379

All-Optical Rotational Ultrasound Imaging
Colchester RJ, Little C, Dwyer G, Noimark S, Alles EJ, Zhang EZ, Loder CD, Parkin IP, Papakonstantinou I, Beard PC, Finlay MC, Rakhit RD, Desjardins AE (2019). Scientific Reports 9:5576.

A directional fibre optic ultrasound transmitter based on a reduced graphene oxide and polydimethylsiloxane composite
Colchester RJ, Alles EJ, Desjardins AE (2019). Appl Phys Lett 114(113505)

Wall-less vascular poly(vinyl) alcohol gel ultrasound imaging phantoms using 3D printed vessels
Mackle EC, Maneas E, Little C, Carr E, Xia W, Nikitichev DI, Rakhit RD, Finlay MC, Desjardins AE (2019). Proc. SPIE 10870, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies XII, 108700P; doi: 10.1117/12.2510033

Imaging of human peripheral blood vessels during cuff occlusion with a compact LED-based photoacoustic and ultrasound system
Xia W, Maneas E, Huynh NT, Singh MKA, Montana Brown N, Ourselin S, Gilbert-Kawai E, West SJ, Desjardins AE (2019). Proc. SPIE 10878, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2019, 1087804; doi: 10.1117/12.2509666

Enhancing photoacoustic visualization of medical devices with elastomeric nanocomposite coatings
Xia W, Noimark S, Maneas E, Montana Brown N, Singh MKA, Ourselin S, West SJ, Desjardins AE (2019). Proc. SPIE 10878, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2019, 108783G; doi: 10.1117/12.2508658

3D Printed Kidney phantoms for an LED-based Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging System
Nikitichev DI, Murawski K, Harris G, Perkins G, Mosse SA, Maneas E, Xia W, Arumuham A, Singh MKA, Choong S, Desjardins AE, Hebden J (2019). Proc. SPIE 10878, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2019, 1087868; doi: 10.1117/12.2509831

Dynamic physiological temperature and pressure sensing with phase-resolved low-coherence interferometry
Coote JM, Alles EJ, Noimark S, Mosse CA, Little CD, Loder CD, David AL, Rakhit RD, Finlay MC, Desjardins AE (2019). Opt Express 27(4)

Micron resolution, high-fidelity three-dimensional vascular optical imaging phantoms
Little CD, Poduval RK, Caulfield R, Noimark S, Colchester RJ, Loder CD, Tiwari MK, Rakhit RD, Papakonstantinou I, Desjardins AE (2019). J Biomed Opt 24(2).

2018

Real-Time, Video-Rate and Depth-Resolved Imaging of Radio-Frequency Ablation using All-Optical Ultrasound
Alles EJ, Colchester RJ, Makki Y, Noimark S, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Finlay MC, Desjardins AE (2018). Proc. of IEEE IUS

Reconfigurable 1.5D Source Arrays for Improved Elevational Focussing in All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging
Alles EJ, Noimark S, Papaevangelou E, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2018). Proc. of IEEE IUS

Adaptive All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging through Temporal Modulation of Excitation Light
Alles EJ, Colchester RJ, Desjardins AE (2018). Proc. of IEEE IUS

Dual-Modality All-Optical Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging Using Permanent Marker Ink
Colchester RJ, Noimark S, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2018). Proc. of IEEE IUS

Microwave Oscillator Ultrasound Receivers
Robbins TS, Seddon JP, Alles EJ, Zhang EZ, Desjardins AE, Renaud CC (2018). Proc. of IEEE IUS

Placenta Imaging Workshop 2018 report: Multiscale and multimodal approaches
Slator P, Aughwane R, Cade G, Taylor D, David AL, Lewis R, Jauniaux E, Desjardins A, Salomon LJ, Millischer A-E, Tsatsaris V, Rutherford M, Johnstone ED, Melbourne A (2018). Placenta https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2018.10.010

Computational fluid dynamics with imaging of cleared tissue and of in vivo perfusion predicts drug uptake and treatment responses in tumours
d’Esposito A, Sweeney PW, Ali M, Saleh M, Ramasawmy R, Roberts TA, Agliardi G, Desjardins A, Lythgoe MF, RB Pedley, Shipley R, Walker-Samuel S (2018). Nature Biomedical Engineering 2, 773–787.

All-optical forward-viewing photoacoustic probe for high-resolution 3D endoscopy
Ansari R, Zhang EZ, Desjardins AE, Beard PC (2018). Light: Science & Applications 7:75. DOI: 10.1038/s41377-018-0070-5

Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Needle Tip Tracking with a Fiber-Optic Ultrasound Receiver
Xia W, West SJ, Finlay MC, Pratt R, Mathews S, Mari J-M, Ourselin S, David AL, Desjardins AE (2018). Journal of Visualized Experiments 138.

All-optical dual photoacoustic and optical coherence tomography intravascular probe
Mathews SJ, Little C, Loder CD, Rakhit RD, Xia W, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Finlay MC, Desjardins AE (2018). Photoacoustics 11.

Video-rate all-optical ultrasound imaging
Alles EJ, Noimark S, Maneas E, Zhang EZ, Parkin IP, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2018). Biomedical Optics Express 9(8), 3481-3494; doi: 10.1364/BOE.9.003481
This publication was accompanied by a press release found here and here.

Haptic Guidance Based on All-Optical Ultrasound Distance Sensing for Safer Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery
Gruijthuijsen C, Colchester R, Devreker A, Javaux A, Maneas E, Noimark S, Xia W, Stoyanov D, Reynaerts D, Deprest J, Ourselin S, Desjardins AE, Tom Vercauteren, Vander Poorten E (2018). Journal of Medical Robotics Research 3(3),1841001; doi:10.1142/S2424905X18410015

Handheld Real-Time LED-Based Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging System for Accurate Visualization of Clinical Metal Needles and Superficial Vasculature to Guide Minimally Invasive Procedures
Xia W, Singh MKA, Maneas E, Sato N, Shigeta Y, Agano T, Ourselin S, West SJ, Desjardins AE (2018). Sensors 18, 1394; doi:10.3390/s18051394

Human placental vasculature imaging using an LED-based photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging system
Maneas E, Xia W, Singh MKA, Sato N, Agano T, Ourselin S, West SJ, David AL, Vercauteren T, Desjardins AE (2018). Proc. SPIE 10494, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2018, 104940Y; doi: 10.1117/12.2288995

Gel wax-based tissue-mimicking phantoms for multispectral photoacoustic imaging
Maneas E, Xia W, Ogunlade O, Fonseca M, Nikitichev DI, David AL, West SJ, Ourselin S, Hebden JC, Vercauteren T, Desjardins AE (2018). Biomedical Optics Express 9(3).

Polydimethylsiloxane Composites for Optical Ultrasound Generation and Multimodality Imaging
Noimark S, Colchester RJ, Poduval RK, Maneas E, Alles EJ, Zhao T, Zhang EZ, Ashworth M, Tsolaki E, Chester AH, Latif N, Bertazzo S, David AL, Ourselin S, Beard PC, Parkin IP, Papakonstantinou I, Desjardins AE (2018). Advanced Functional Materials 1704919. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201704919
Please also refer to the Supporting Information document.

Anatomically realistic ultrasound phantoms using gel wax with 3D printed moulds
Maneas E, Xia W, Nikitichev DI, Daher B, Manimaran M, Wong RYJ , Chang C-W, Rahmani B, Capelli C, Schievano S, Burriesci G, Ourselin S, David AL, Finlay MC, West SJ, Vercauteren T, Desjardins AE (2018). Physics in Medicine and Biology 63, 015033.

2017

Through-needle all-optical ultrasound imaging in vivo: a preclinical swine study
Finlay MC, Mosse CA, Colchester RJ, Noimark S, Zhang EZ, Ourselin S, Beard PC, Schilling RJ, Parkin IP, Papakonstantinou I, Desjardins AE (2017). Light: Science & Applications 6, e17103

Wide-field spectrally resolved quantitative fluorescence imaging system: toward neurosurgical guidance in glioma resection
Xie Y, Thom M, Ebner M, Wykes V, Desjardins A, Miserocchi A, Ourselin S, McEvoy AW, Vercauteren T (2017). Journal of Biomedical Optics 22(11), 116006

Ultrasensitive plano-concave optical microresonators for ultrasound sensing
Guggenheim JA, Li J, Allen TJ, Colchester RJ, Noimark S, Ogunlade O, Parkin IP, Papakonstantinou I, Desjardins AE, Zhang EZ, Beard PC (2017). Nature Photonics 11:714-9

Ultrasonic Needle Tracking with a Fibre-Optic Ultrasound Transmitter for Guidance of Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery
Xia W, Noimark S, Ourselin S, West SJ, Finlay MC, David AL, Desjardins AE (2017).
MICCAI 2017, Part II, LNCS 10434, pp. 637–645, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66185-8 72

Source Density Apodisation in 2D All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging
Alles EJ, Noimark S, Maneas E, Xia W, Zhang EZ, Beard PC, Parkin IP, Desjardins AE (2017). Proc. of IEEE IUS

Acoustical Characterisation of Carbon Nanotube-Loaded Polydimethylsiloxane Used for Optical Ultrasound Generation
Alles EJ, Heo J, Noimark S, Colchester RJ, Parkin IP, Baac HW, Desjardins AE (2017). Proc. of IEEE IUS

Looking beyond the imaging plane: 3D needle tracking with a linear array ultrasound probe
Xia W, West SJ, Finlay MC, Mari J-M, Ourselin S, David AL, Desjardins AE (2017) Scientific Reports. 7, 3674 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03886-4

Optical fiber ultrasound transmitter with electrospun carbon nanotube-polymer composite
Poduval RK, Noimark S, Colchester RJ, Macdonald TJ, Parkin IP, Desjardins AE, Papakonstantinou I (2017). Applied Physics Letters. 110, 223701 doi: 10.1063/1.4984838

All-optical endoscopic probe for high resolution 3D photoacoustic tomography
R. Ansari R, Zhang E, Desjardins AE, Beard PC (2017). Proc. SPIE. 10064, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing, 100641W doi: 10.1117/12.2250617

A reconfigurable all-optical ultrasound transducer array for 3D endoscopic imaging
Alles EJ, Fook Sheung N, Noimark S, Zhang EZ, Beard PC and Desjardins AE (2017). Scientific Reports 7 1208

Multi-scale spectrally-resolved quantitative fluorescence imaging system: towards neurosurgical guidance in glioma resection
Xie Y, Thom M, Miserocchi A, McEvoy AW, Desjardins A, Ourselin S, Vercauteren T (2017). Proc. SPIE: Clinical and Translational Neurophotonics doi:10.1117/12.2250159

Identification and removal of laser-induced noise in photoacoustic imaging using singular value decomposition
Hill ER, Xia W, Clarkson MJ and Desjardins AE (2017). Biomedical Optics Express 8(1) 68-77

2016

3D Ultrasonic Needle Tracking with a 1.5 D Transducer Array for Guidance of Fetal Interventions
Xia W, West SJ, Mari JM, Ourselin S, David AL and Desjardins AE (2016). International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. S. Ourselin et al. (Eds.): MICCAI 2016, Part I, LNCS 9900, pp. 353–361, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46720-7_41

Carbon-Nanotube–PDMS Composite Coatings on Optical Fibers for All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging
Noimark S, Colchester RJ, Blackburn BJ, Zhang EZ, Alles EJ, Ourselin S, Beard PC, Papakonstantinou I, Parkin IP, Desjardins AE (2016). Advanced Functional Materials doi:10.1002/adfm.201601337
Please also refer to the Supporting Information document.

Pencil beam all-optical ultrasound imaging
Alles EJ, Noimark S, Zhang E, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2016). Biomedical Optics Express 7(9) 3696-37

Coded excitation ultrasonic needle tracking: An in vivo study
Xia W, Ginsberg Y, West SJ, Nikitichev DI, Ourselin S, David AL, Desjardins AE (2016). Medical Physics 43(7):4065-73

Music-of-light stethoscope: a demonstration of the photoacoustic effect
Nikitichev DI, Xia W, Mosse CA, Perkins T, Konyn K, Ourselin S, Desjardins AE, Vercauteren T (2016). Physics Education 51(4):04

Construction of 3-Dimensional Printed Ultrasound Phantoms With Wall-less Vessels
Nikitichev DI, Barburas A, McPherson K, Mari JM, West SJ, Desjardins AE (2016). Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 35(6):1333-9

A survey on the current status and future challenges towards objective skills assessment in endovascular surgery
Mazomenos EB, Chang P-L, Rolls A, Hawkes DJ, Bicknell CD, van der Poorten E, Riga CV, Desjardins A, Stoyanov D (2016). Journal of Medical Robotics Research 1640010

Catheter manipulation analysis for objective performance and technical skills assessment in transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Mazomenos EB, Chang P-L, Rippel RA, Rolls A, Hawkes DJ, Bicknell CD, Desjardins A, Riga CV, Stoyanov D (2016). International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery 11(6):1121–31

Utilizing confocal laser endomicroscopy for evaluating the adequacy of laparoscopic liver ablation
Schneider C, Johnson SP, Walker-Samuel S, Gurusamy K, Clarkson MJ, Thompson S, Song Y, Totz J, Cook RJ, Desjardins AE, Hawkes DJ, Davidson (2016). Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 48(3):299–310

Adaptive Light Modulation for Improved Resolution and Efficiency in All-Optical Pulse-Echo Ultrasound
Alles EJ, Colchester RJ, and Desjardins AE (2016). IEEE Transactions on Ultrasound, Ferroelectrics and frequency control. 63(1):83-90

Interventional multi-spectral photoacoustic imaging in laparoscopic surgery
Hill ER, Xia W, Nikitichev DI, Gurusamy K, Beard PC, Hawkes DJ, Davidson BR, and Desjardins AE (2016). Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9708, paper 97080B

Miniature fibre optic probe for minimally invasive photoacoustic sensing
Mathews SJ, Zhang EZ, Desjardins AE, and Beard PC (2016). Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9708, paper 97082R

Interventional multispectral photoacoustic imaging with a clinical linear array ultrasound probe for guiding nerve blocks
Xia W, West SJ, Nikitichev DI, Ourselin S, Beard PC, and Desjardins AE (2016). Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9708, paper 97080C

2015

Interventional multispectral photoacoustic imaging with a clinical ultrasound probe for discriminating nerves and tendons: an ex vivo pilot study
Mari JM, Xia W, West SJ, Desjardins AE (2015). Journal of Biomedical Optics 20(11):110503

Fluidic actuation for intra-operative in situ imaging
Devreker A, Rosa B, Desjardins A, Alles EJ, Garcia-Peraza LC, Maneas E, Stoyanov D, David A, Deprest J, Ourselin S, Reynaerts D, Vander PE (2015). 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Proceedings, pp. 1415-1421

Fabrication and Characterisation of Miniature Parabolic Acoustic Lenses
Alles EJ, Nikitichev D, Desjardins AE (2015). IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, pp. 3-6

Interventional photoacoustic imaging of the human placenta with ultrasonic tracking for minimally invasive fetal surgeries
Xia W, Maneas E, Nikitichev DI, Mosse CA, Sato dos Santos G, Vercauteren T, David AL, Deprest J, Ourselin S, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2015). MICCAI 2015, Part I, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9349, p. 371-378

A registration approach to endoscopic laser speckle contrast imaging for intrauterine visualisation of placental vessels
Sato dos Santos G, Maneas E, Nikitichev D, Barburas A, David AL, Deprest J, Desjardins A, Vercauteren T, Ourselin S (2015). MICCAI 2015, Part I, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9349, p. 455-462

In-plane ultrasonic needle tracking using a fiber-optic hydrophone
Xia W, Mari JM, West SJ, Ginsberg Y, David AL, Ourselin S, Desjardins AE (2015). Medical Physics 42(10):5983-5991

Quantification of light attenuation in optically cleared mouse brains
d’Esposito A, Nikitichev D, Desjardins A, Walker-Samuel S, Lythgoe MF (2015). Journal of Biomedical Optics 20(8):080503

Laparoscopic manipulation of a probe-based confocal laser endomicroscope using a steerable intravascular catheter
Schneider C, Desjardins AE, Gurusamy K, Hawkes DJ and Davidson BR (2015). Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques 25(2):e83-e85

Performance characteristics of an interventional multispectral photoacoustic imaging system for guiding minimally invasive procedures
Xia W, Nikitichev DI, Mari JM, West SJ, Pratt R, David AL, Ourselin S, Beard PC and Desjardins AE (2015). Journal of Biomedical Optics 20(8):086005

Photoacoustic endoscopy probe using a coherent fibre-optic bundle
Ansari R, Zhang E, Mathews S, Desjardins AE, Beard PC (2015). Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9539, paper 953905

An interventional multispectral photoacoustic imaging platform for the guidance of minimally invasive procedures
Xia W, Nikitichev DI, Mari JM, West SJ, Ourselin S, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2015). Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9539, paper 95390D

Fiber optic photoacoustic probe with ultrasonic tracking for guiding minimally invasive procedures
Xia W, Mosse CA, Colchester RJ, Mari JM, Nikitichev DI, West SJ, Ourselin S, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2015). Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9539, paper 95390K

Broadband miniature optical ultrasound probe for high resolution vascular tissue imaging
Colchester RJ, Zhang EZ, Mosse CA, Beard PC, Papakonstantinou I, Desjardins A (2015). Biomedical Optics Express 6(4):1

Real-Time Needle Guidance with Photoacoustic and Laser-Generated Ultrasound Probes
Colchester RJ, Mosse CA, Nikitichev DI, Zhang EZ, West S, Beard PC, Papakonstantinou I, Desjardins AE (2015). Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9323, paper 932321

2014

Fiber-optic Ultrasound Transducers with Carbon/PDMS Composite Coatings
Mosse CA, Colchester RJ, Bhachu DS, Zhang EZ, Papakonstantinou I and Desjardins AE (2014). Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 8943, paper 89430P

Needle-tip localization using an optical fibre hydrophone
Mari JM, West S, Beard PC, Desjardins AE (2014). Proc. Of SPIE, Vol. 8938, paper 893804

Laser-generated ultrasound with optical fibres using functionalised carbon nanotube composite coatings
Colchester RJ, Mosse CA, Bhachu DS, Bear JC, Carmalt CJ, Parkin IP, Treeby BE, Papakonstantinou I and Desjardins AE (2014). Applied Physics Letters 104(17):173502

Development of an Ultrasound Phantom for Spinal Injections with 3-Dimensional Printing
West SJ, Mari J-M, Khan A, Wan JHY, Zhu W, Koutsakos IG, Rowe M, Kamming D, Desjardins AE (2014). Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management. 39(5):429-343

2013

Epidural catheter with integrated light guides for spectroscopic tissue characterisation
Soto-Astorga RP, West S, Hebden JC, Desjardins AE (2013). Biomedical Optics Express 4(11):2619-28

In vivo optic nerve head biomechanics: performance testing of a three-dimensional tracking algorithm
Girard MJ, Strouthidis NG, Desjardins A, Mari JM, Ethier CR (2013). Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10 20130459

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