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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970955
