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- Title
Improvement in resolution of fiber-laser photoacoustic tomography based on a virtual-point concept.
- Authors
Bai, Xue; Li, Xu; Ma, Jun; Guan, Bai-Ou
- Abstract
In this study, a virtual-point concept was introduced into fiber-laser photoacoustic tomography to improve the elevational image resolution. The flexible fiber laser was bent into an arc shape to conform to the ultrasound wavefront, which formed an ultrasound focus at the center of the arc. The synthetic aperture focusing technique was utilized to reconstruct the images; as a result, the elevational resolution particularly within the out-of-focus region was considerably improved compared to the resolution of an image retrieved by multiplexing the PA time-resolved signals with sound velocity. The all-optical fiber-laser photoacoustic tomography system with a high spatial resolution has potential for various applications, including biomedical research and preclinical/clinical diagnosis.
- Subjects
FIBER lasers; PHOTOACOUSTIC spectroscopy; SYNTHETIC apertures; ULTRASONIC imaging; SPEED of sound
- Publication
Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine & Art, 2021, Vol 4, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2524-4442
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s42492-021-00070-4