Photoacoustic tomography and sensing in biomedicine

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Li, Changhui ^a   Wang, Lihong V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BASIC PRINCIPLES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; DETECTION METHODS; HYBRID DETECTION; IMAGING MODALITY; LIGHT FREQUENCY; PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY WAVES; SMALL ANIMAL;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BIOMEDICINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 71049116870     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/19/R01     Document Type: Review

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