Photoacoustic contrast enhancement using selective subband imaging: Experimental results

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6437, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wei, Chen ^a   Sheu, Yae Lin ^a   Li, Pai Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Optical absorption; Photoacoustic imaging; Subband imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; SUBBAND IMAGING;

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TISSUE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 34247335104     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.701745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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