Photo acoustic tomography

1. PHOTOACOUSTIC
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
PRESENTED BY,
RAVIRAJ S KUBER
1BM13LBI14
BMSP&I

2. Introduction
What is meant by acoustic, photo acoustic?
Why photo acoustic is computed tomography?
Is this used for biomedical imaging?

3. Principle of photo acoustic tomography

4. PHOTOACOUSTIC (CONT.)
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5. Advantage
High resolution
Disadvantage
Inverse problem

6. APPLICATIONS
Cancer Detection.
Identification of atherosclerotic plaque.
Hemodynamics Monitoring.

7. References
Photo acoustic Tomography: Principles and Advances Jun Xia,
Junjie Yao, and Lihong V. Wang*
Photo acoustic Tomography :Principles and applications by
Etienne De Montigny
Zhang, H. F. et al. (2006). "Functional photo acoustic microscopy
for high-resolution and noninvasive in vivo imaging"