Three-dimensional photoacoustic imaging by sparse-array detection and iterative image reconstruction

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Ephrat, Pinhas ^a,b   Keenliside, Lynn ^a   Seabrook, Adam ^a   Prato, Frank S ^a,b,c   Carson, Jeffrey J L ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c St Joseph Health Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

image reconstruction algorithm; iterative back projection; optical absorption; photoacoustic imaging (PAI); three dimensional imaging; ultrasound array

Indexed keywords

BACK-PROJECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING (PAI); THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND ARRAY;

ALGORITHMS; DETECTORS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149105384     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2992131     Document Type: Article

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