Lateral and z-axial resolution in laser optoacoustic imaging with ultrasonic transducers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2389, Issue , 1995, Pages 198-208

  Oraevsky, Alexander A ^a   Esenaliev, Rinat O ^a   Jacques, Steven L ^b   Thomsen, Sharon L ^b   Tittel, Frank K ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed energy distribution; Confined stress conditions; Invivo imaging; Optoacoustic tomography; Piezoelectric transducer; Short laser pulses; Transient stress

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HISTOLOGY; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTONS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PULSED LASERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

ABSORBED ENERGY; IN-VIVO IMAGING; OPTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHORT LASER PULSE; STRESS CONDITION; TRANSIENT STRESS;

TISSUE;

EID: 85010164223     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.209986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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