Imaging acoustic sources through scattering media by using a correlation full-matrix filter

Abstract In the inhomogeneous medium, acoustic scattering is always a fundamental challenge for photoacoustic imaging. We implement a correlation full-matrix filter (CFMF) combing with a time reversal operator to improve the imaging quality of acoustic sources in complex media. The correlation full-...

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Main Authors: Wei Rui, Chao Tao, Xiaojun Liu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ce8f6a43b4f6403cbb6d5841c6c2a565
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Summary:Abstract In the inhomogeneous medium, acoustic scattering is always a fundamental challenge for photoacoustic imaging. We implement a correlation full-matrix filter (CFMF) combing with a time reversal operator to improve the imaging quality of acoustic sources in complex media. The correlation full-matrix filtering process extracts the direct wave component from the detected signal and preserve all the useful information at the same time. A location factor is considered in the time reversal operator to compensate for the image distortion and false contrast caused by the limited-view detection. The numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed approach can perform good imaging quality with the higher image signal-noise ratio and better resolution in an acoustic scattering environment. This scheme might be applied to improve the photoacoustic imaging for inhomogeneous biological tissues.