On the role of passive elements in photoacoustic reconstruction

Cornelis H. Slump; Rene G. H. Willemink; Srirang Manohar; Bernhard J. Hoenders

doi:10.1117/12.875327

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22 February 2011 On the role of passive elements in photoacoustic reconstruction

Cornelis H. Slump, Rene G. H. Willemink, Srirang Manohar, Bernhard J. Hoenders

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Proceedings Volume 7899, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2011; 78993G (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875327
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

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In the reconstruction process of photo acoustic experiments, it was observed that adding a passive element to the experimental setup, improves the quality of the reconstruction of the object. This contribution analyzes this effect in some detail. We consider a cylindrical configuration. We start from an artificial and theoretically constructed optical absorption distribution that radiates sound waves when interrogated by the optical pulse. We analyze in the experimental setup the addition of the passive element to this example. The reported investigation is a part of a larger study on the existence, uniqueness and stability of photo acoustic inverse source reconstructions.

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Cornelis H. Slump, Rene G. H. Willemink, Srirang Manohar, and Bernhard J. Hoenders "On the role of passive elements in photoacoustic reconstruction", Proc. SPIE 7899, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2011, 78993G (22 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875327

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