Deformation-compensated averaging for clutter reduction in epiphotoacoustic imaging in vivo

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Jaeger, Michael ^a,b   Harris Birtill, David ^a   Gertsch, Andreas ^a   O'Flynn, Elizabeth ^a,b   Bamber, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast improvement; Medical imaging; Motion tracking; Optoacoustic; Palpation; Penetration depth; Tissue deformation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NEOPLASM; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TIME;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ANOXIA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868658832     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.6.066007     Document Type: Article

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