Signal-to-noise ratios in acousto-photonic imaging

Charles A. DiMarzio

doi:10.1117/12.647914

6 March 2006 Signal-to-noise ratios in acousto-photonic imaging

Charles A. DiMarzio

Proceedings Volume 6086, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2006: The Seventh Conference on Biomedical Thermoacoustics, Optoacoustics, and Acousto-optics; 60860Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.647914
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The concept of tagging photons with ultrasound for medical imaging has been under development by several groups since the early 1990's. All the early attempts were plagued by low signals. The problem is very fundamental because the goal of good spatial resolution requires sampling only that light which has gone through a very small volume. It is compounded by the fact that the diverse paths of the photons result in signals which are not coherent with each other. Thus averaging over a large number of paths is of limited benefit. Recently, some new techniques have been developed for enhancing the signals. We will discuss the fundamental limits on signal-to-noise ratio which apply across all techniques.

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Charles A. DiMarzio "Signal-to-noise ratios in acousto-photonic imaging", Proc. SPIE 6086, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2006: The Seventh Conference on Biomedical Thermoacoustics, Optoacoustics, and Acousto-optics, 60860Z (6 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.647914

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