Real-time photoacoustic imaging with optical ultrasound detection

R. Nuster; G. Paltauf

doi:10.1117/12.910195

23 February 2012 Real-time photoacoustic imaging with optical ultrasound detection

R. Nuster, G. Paltauf

Proceedings Volume 8223, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2012; 82231K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.910195
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Optical ultrasound detection has become an attractive alternative to piezoelectric ultrasound detection for photoacoustic imaging. The favorable properties of optical detection are high resolution, complete optical and acoustical transparency. Recently, it has been shown that optical phase contrast full field detection in combination with a CCD-camera can be used to record acoustic fields. This allows to obtain two-dimensional photoacoustic projection images in real-time. The present work shows an extension of the technique towards full three-dimensional photoacoustic tomography. The specifications of the detection system, resolution and sensitivity, are 66μm and 3.4kPa. The reconstruction of the initial three dimensional pressure distribution is a two step process. First of all, projection images of the initial pressure distribution are acquired. This is done by back propagating the observed wave pattern in frequency space. In the second step the inverse Radon transform is applied to the obtained projection dataset to reconstruct the initial three dimensional pressure distribution. Simulations and experiments are performed to show the overall applicability of this technique for real-time photoacoustic imaging.

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R. Nuster and G. Paltauf "Real-time photoacoustic imaging with optical ultrasound detection", Proc. SPIE 8223, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2012, 82231K (23 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.910195

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