Simultaneous imaging of ultrasound attenuation, speed of sound and optical absorption in a photoacoustic setup

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7265, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Willemink, Rene G H ^a   Manohar, Srirang ^a   Jose, Jithin ^a   Slump, Kees ^a   Van Der Heijden, Ferdi ^a   Van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous speed of sound; Photoacoustic imaging; Ray refraction correction; Ultrasound tomography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; ATTENUATION DISTRIBUTIONS; IMAGING MODALITY; INHOMOGENEOUS SPEED OF SOUND; MEASUREMENT MODEL; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PASSIVE ELEMENTS; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; RAY REFRACTION CORRECTION; RAY-REFRACTION EFFECTS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS; SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING; SPEED OF SOUNDS; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; ULTRASOUND PROPAGATION; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL; ULTRASOUND TOMOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REFRACTION; RESTORATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEED; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 67149125828     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.810905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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