Photoacoustic Tomography

Introduction. Fundamentals of Tissue Optics. rf Properties of Tissue. Physics of Ultrasound in Tissue. Photoacoustic Generation. Photoacoustic Waves from Regular Objects. Photoacoustic Computed Tomography with Point Detectors: Fourier-Domain Algorithms. Photoacoustic Computed Tomography with Point Detectors: Time-Domain Algorithms. Spatial Resolution of Photo Acoustic Computed Tomography with Point Detections. Photoacoustic Computed Tomography with Integrating Detectors. Reconstruction Algorithms: Compensation of Acoustic Attenuation. Reconstruction Algorithms: Compensation of Sound Speed Variation. Numerical Iterative Algorithms. Imaging Systems for Photoacoustic Computed Tomography. Photoacoustic Scanning Tomography with Ultrasonic Resolution. Photoacoustic Scanning Tomography with Optical Resolution. Survey of Photoacoustic Imaging and Sensing.