Title :
Analysis and Improvement of Thermoacoustic Signals and Image
Author :
Wei Yusen ; Zhu Xinya ; Wang Hua ; Yang Ying ; Jiao Teng ; Yang Guosheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of BME, Fourth Mil. Med. Univ., Xian
Abstract :
In order to distinguish the microwave absorbability in deferent tissue from thermoacoustic image efficiently, the thermoacoustic signals excited by microwave were analyzed, and the shortage of image which built up by thermoacoustic signals directly was discussed. The method, which was used to improve the thermoacoustic signals, was realized by programming the Matlab program. The results show that the modified thermoacoustic signals and image can reflect the microwave absorbability of tissue very well and the boundaries between different tissues are very clear. Correspondingly, the probability of misjudge is obviously reduced.
Keywords :
acoustic imaging; biological effects of microwaves; biological tissues; medical image processing; thermoacoustics; Matlab program; deferent tissue; microwave absorbability; thermoacoustic image; thermoacoustic signals; Acoustic waves; Biological tissues; Biomedical imaging; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Image analysis; Image converters; Microwave imaging; Signal analysis; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2008. ICBBE 2008. The 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1747-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1748-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2008.969