Title :
Microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography for detecting negative kidney calculus
Author :
Cao, Caijun ; Xing, Da ; Nie, Liming
Author_Institution :
MOE Key Lab. of Laser Life Sci., South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
Detection of negative kidney calculus is difficult using X-ray imaging. This article shows that thermoacoustic imaging as a novel and complementary medical modality may become a fast and effective method for detecting negative kidney calculus.
Keywords :
acoustic tomography; biomedical imaging; biothermics; electromagnetic wave absorption; kidney; thermoacoustics; complementary medical modality; microwave absorption; microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography; negative kidney calculus detection; thermoacoustic imaging; Biomedical transducers; Calculus; Computed tomography; Laser theory; Microwave imaging; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging; microwave absorption; negative kidney calculus detection; thermoacoustic tomography system;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292641
