Photoacoustic tomography of heterogeneous media using a model-based time reversal method

Author(s):  
Hubert Grün ◽  
Robert Nuster ◽  
Günther Paltauf ◽  
Markus Haltmeier ◽  
Peter Burgholzer
2008 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 3184-3184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Burgholzer ◽  
Hubert Gruen ◽  
Robert Nuster ◽  
Günther Paltauf ◽  
Markus Haltmeier

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 227-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
YINGZI YING ◽  
LI MA

The presence of the clutter of volume scattering and the echo return from rough interface hinders the detection of target in heterogeneous media. This work investigates the application of an iterative time reversal mirror to mitigate the difficulties. Numerical simulations based on pseudospectral finite-difference time-domain method are performed in one and two layered media. A wideband probe pulse is launched to initiate the process, and the time-reversed echo received at the same position is retransmitted as the renewed input signal for next iteration, and repeat the procedures iteratively. The results illustrate as the number of iteration increases, small volume clutter is eliminated, interface reverberation is suppressed relatively, and the echoes will converge to a time-harmonic waveform that corresponds to an object's dominant resonance mode. The detection of target is achieved by extracting this important acoustic signature.


2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 1354-1363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhui Bu ◽  
Zhenbao Liu ◽  
T. Shiina ◽  
K. Kondo ◽  
M. Yamakawa ◽  
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