Photoacoustic imaging using a frequency domain synthetic aperture focusing technique

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 30, 2004, Pages 267-273

  Boonsang, S ^a   Zainal, J ^a   Dewhurst, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser ultrasonic; Photoacoustic; Synthetic aperture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

LASER ULTRASONICS; PULSE ECHO; SPATIAL INFORMATION; TIME DELAY;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

EID: 12144270941     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.572040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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