Photoacoustics, thermoacoustics, and acousto-optics for biomedical imaging

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-306

  Tang, M X ^a   Elson, D S ^a   Li, R ^a   Dunsby, C ^a   Eckersley, R J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acousto optics; Photoacoustics; Thermoacoustics; Ultrasound modulated optical tomography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTO-OPTICS; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; HYBRID TECHNIQUES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOACOUSTICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERMOACOUSTICS; ULTRASOUND MODULATED; ULTRASOUND-MODULATED OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOACOUSTIC;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONICS; THERMOACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 76849114854     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM598     Document Type: Article

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