Fast photoacoustic imaging system based on 320-element linear transducer array

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1339-1346

  Yin, Bangzheng ^a   Xing, Da ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Zeng, Yaguang ^a   Tan, Yi ^a   Chen, Qun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS;

LINEAR ARRAYS; NONINVASIVE IMAGING; TISSUE PHANTOM; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PHANTOM; PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 1942520938     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/7/019     Document Type: Article

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