Near-field radiofrequency thermoacoustic tomography with impulse excitation

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4602-4607

  Razansky, Daniel ^a   Kellnberger, Stephan ^a   Ntziachristos, Vasilis ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

biological imaging; electromangetic impulses; near field imaging; thermoacoustic tomography

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC IMPULSE; ELECTROMANGETIC IMPULSES; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; MICROWAVE PULSE DURATION; NEAR FIELD IMAGING; THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

THERMOACOUSTICS;

ANIMALIA;

PLASTIC;

CALIBRATION; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIBRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLASTICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956303154     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3467756     Document Type: Article

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