• DocumentCode
    376589
  • Title

    Optical tomography imaging of absorbers in highly scattering medium by ultrasonic pulse velocity changed by light illumination

  • Author

    Kiuchi, T. ; Okasaka, A. ; Kobayashi, T. ; Horinaka, H. ; Wada, K. ; Cho, Y. ; Matsunaka, T. ; Saimi, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Electron., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    15-19 July 2001
  • Abstract
    We proposed a new method for optical tomography by use of velocity change of ultrasonic echo pulses due to laser illumination. The image of the absorbing object was obtained in dense scattering medium.
  • Keywords
    acoustic pulses; biomedical ultrasonics; optical tomography; turbidity; absorbing object; arrival time of echo pulses; dense scattering medium; laser illumination; optical tomography imaging; time interval; ultrasonic echo pulses; ultrasonic velocity image; velocity change; waveforms; Biomedical optical imaging; Light scattering; Lighting; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical transmitters; Pulse measurements; Tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chiba, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6738-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970955
  • Filename
    970955