Reduction of background in optoacoustic image sequences obtained under tissue deformation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jaeger, Michael ^a   Siegenthaler, Lea ^a   Kitz, Michael ^a   Frenz, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Background reduction; Combined imaging; Displacement tracking; Elasticity imaging; Image improvement; Optoacoustic imaging; Photoacoustic imaging; Tumor detection

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND REDUCTION; COMBINED IMAGING; DISPLACEMENT TRACKING; ELASTICITY IMAGING; IMAGE IMPROVEMENT; OPTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; TUMOR DETECTION;

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

TISSUE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 74049150813     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3227038     Document Type: Article

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