Statistical approach for optoacoustic image reconstruction in the presence of strong acoustic heterogeneities

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-408

  Deán Ben, X Luís ^a   Ma, Rui ^a   Razansky, Daniel ^a   Ntziachristos, Vasilis ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic mismatch; back projection algorithm; optoacoustic tomography; statistical correction

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLECTION; AIR-GAPS; BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHMS; CORRECTION METHOD; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION; IN-VIVO SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; OPTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; ORIGINAL IMAGES; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL CORRECTION; TOMOGRAPHIC; ZEBRAFISH;

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOMOGRAPHY; ZEBRA FISH;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79551614549     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2081683     Document Type: Article

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