Developing a simulator for multispectral optoacoustic tomography.
In: Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE) (2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 10-13 November 2013, Chania). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/BIBE.2013.6701553
The aim of this study was the development of a simulator for Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography (MSOT). The modelling pathway of the simulator was separated into the optical, the acoustic and the reconstruction part in generating finally a photoacoustic image. In this paper, the presented simulation geometry was based on a recently developed MSOT imaging system, but it can be easily modified to other imaging geometries. Through comparison between experimental and simulated data, a validation of the model as well as its limitations, perspectives and modifications are presented.