Main description:

Written by two pioneers in the field, this book offers the first practical and complete introduction to the basic principles of photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine. It covers basic tissue optics, radio frequency properties, physics of ultrasound in tissue, photoacoustics theory, photo acoustic computed tomography, and photoacoustic scanning tomography with ultrasonic resolution. Capturing the state of the art in photoacoustic imaging for biomedical applications, each chapter presents discussions of current imaging systems, spatial resolutions, and limitations of each approach.

Contents:

Introduction. Fundamentals of Tissue Optics. rf Properties of Tissue. Physics of Ultrasound in Tissue. Photoacoustic Generation. Photoacoustic Waves from Regular Objects. Photoacoustic Computed Tomography with Point Detectors: Fourier-Domain Algorithms. Photoacoustic Computed Tomography with Point Detectors: Time-Domain Algorithms. Spatial Resolution of Photo Acoustic Computed Tomography with Point Detections. Photoacoustic Computed Tomography with Integrating Detectors. Reconstruction Algorithms: Compensation of Acoustic Attenuation. Reconstruction Algorithms: Compensation of Sound Speed Variation. Numerical Iterative Algorithms. Imaging Systems for Photoacoustic Computed Tomography. Photoacoustic Scanning Tomography with Ultrasonic Resolution. Photoacoustic Scanning Tomography with Optical Resolution. Survey of Photoacoustic Imaging and Sensing.