Iterative reconstruction algorithm for reduction of echo background in optoacoustic images

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6856, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jaeger, Michael ^a   Frenz, Martin ^a   Schweizer, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Fukuda Denshi Switzerland AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image background; Image reconstruction; Optoacoustic imaging; Photoacoustic imaging; Tumour detection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTO OPTICS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FOURIER ALGORITHMS; INHOMOGENEITIES; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION (IR) ALGORITHM; NEW METHODS; OPTOACOUSTIC (OA) IMAGING; OPTOACOUSTIC SIGNALS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; REGULARIZATION TECHNIQUES; SIMULTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION; THERMOACOUSTICS; TISSUE SURFACES; ULTRASOUND (US) IMAGES;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FLAME RESEARCH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAD; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICS; PHOTONS; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; TISSUE; TRANSIENTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

EID: 42149105667     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.768822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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