New dual modality ultrasound technique offers greater 'accessibility, portability and cost effectiveness'

dual modality super resolution ultrasound imaging

Photoacoustic image of a lymph node (top left), super-resolved vascular image (top right), dual photoacoustic super-resolution ultrasound image (bottom). Image credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

The hope is that the technique could lead to earlier detection of diseases by simultaneously identifying structural and functional abnormalities that standard ultrasound imaging methods alone cannot.