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Near-field thermoacoustic tomography of small animals.

Phys. Med. Biol. 56, 3433-3444 (2011)
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Near-field radiofrequency thermoacoustic (NRT) tomography is a new imaging method that was developed to mitigate limitations of conventional thermoacoustic imaging approaches, related to hard compromises between signal strength and spatial resolution. By utilizing ultrahigh-energy electromagnetic impulses at ∼20 ns duration along with improved energy absorption coupling in the near-field, this method can deliver high-resolution images without compromising signal to noise ratio. NRT is a promising modality, offering cost-effectiveness and ease of implementation and it can be conveniently scaled to image small animals and humans. However, several of the performance metrics of the method are not yet documented. In this paper, we characterize the expected imaging performance via numerical simulations based on a finite-integration time-domain (FITD) technique and experiments using tissue mimicking phantoms and different biological samples. Furthermore, we show for the first time whole-body tomographic imaging results from mice, revealing clear anatomical details along with highly dissipative inclusions introduced for control. The best spatial resolution achieved for those experiments was 150 µm.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Biological tissues; Frequency-range; In-vivo; Aborption; MHZ; CT
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2011
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2011
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0031-9155
e-ISSN 1361-6560
Quellenangaben Band: 56, Heft: 11, Seiten: 3433-3444 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)
Verlagsort Bristol
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e) G-505500-001
PubMed ID 21572232
Scopus ID 79956127852
Erfassungsdatum 2011-06-29