Photoacoustic correlation signal-to-noise ratio enhancement by coherent averaging and optical waveform optimization

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Telenkov, Sergey A ^a,b   Alwi, Rudolf ^a   Mandelis, Andreas ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b PHAST Imaging   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CORRELATION PROCESSING; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MODULATION WAVEFORMS; SIGNAL COMPRESSION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO ENHANCEMENT; WAVEFORM ENGINEERINGS;

ACOUSTICS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

ARTICLE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84887328587     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4825034     Document Type: Article

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