Coded excitation for photoacoustic imaging using a high-speed diode laser

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1174-1182

  Su, Shin Yuan ^a   Li, Pai Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CODED EXCITATION; DIODE LASERS; GOLAY CODE; HIGH-SPEED; MILLIJOULE PULSE; NANOSECOND PULSE; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; Q SWITCHED ND:YAG LASER; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SIDE LOBES; SIGNAL INTENSITIES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 78751523043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001174     Document Type: Article

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