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A synthetic total impulse response characterization method for correction of hand-held optoacoustic images.

IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging 39, 3218-3230 (2020)
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The impulse response of optoacoustic (photoacoustic) tomographic imaging system depends on several system components, the characteristics of which can influence the quality of reconstructed images. The effect of these system components on reconstruction quality have not been considered in detail so far. Here we combine sparse measurements of the total impulse response (TIR) with a geometric acoustic model to obtain a full characterization of the TIR of a handheld optoacoustic tomography system with concave limited-view acquisition geometry. We then use this synthetic TIR to reconstruct data from phantoms and healthy human volunteers, demonstrating improvements in image resolution and fidelity. The higher accuracy of optoacoustic tomographic reconstruction with TIR correction further improves the diagnostic capability of handheld optoacoustic tomographic systems.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Transducers ; Acoustics ; Image Reconstruction ; Imaging ; Image Quality ; Detectors ; Couplings ; Image Reconstruction ; Photoacoustic Tomography ; Transducer Modeling ; Handheld Transducer Probe ; Total Impulse Response; Tomography Msot; Reconstruction; Tissues; Models; Speed; Sound
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0278-0062
e-ISSN 1558-254X
Quellenangaben Volume: 39, Issue: 10, Pages: 3218-3230 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publishing Place New York, NY [u.a.]
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Grants European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme