Automatic sound speed selection in photoacoustic image reconstruction using an autofocus approach

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Treeby, Bradley E ^a   Varslot, Trond K ^a   Zhang, Edward Z ^b   Laufer, Jan G ^b   Beard, Paul C ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auto focus; image reconstruction; in vivo imaging; photoacoustic tomography; sound speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT MICE; AUTO- FOCUS; FOCUS FUNCTION; IN VIVO IMAGING; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SOUND SPEED; VASCULATURE;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMALS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SPEED;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHOTOACOUSTICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052539242     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3619139     Document Type: Article

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