Exact frequency-domain reconstruction for thermoacoustic tomography. I. Planar geometry

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging - Tập 21 Số 7 - Trang 823-828 - 2002
Yuan Xu1, Dazi Feng1, L.V. Wang1
1Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, USA

Tóm tắt

We report an exact and fast Fourier-domain reconstruction algorithm for thermoacoustic tomography in a planar configuration assuming thermal confinement and constant acoustic speed. The effects of the finite size of the detector and the finite length of the excitation pulse are explicitly included in the reconstruction algorithm. The algorithm is numerically and experimentally verified. We also demonstrate that the blurring caused by the finite size of the detector surface is the primary limiting factor on the resolution and that it can be compensated for by deconvolution.

Từ khóa

#Geometry #Image reconstruction #Tomography #Detectors #Reconstruction algorithms #Surface reconstruction #Ultrasonic imaging #Optical imaging #Fourier transforms #Spatial resolution

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