ABSTRACT
Photoacoustics promises to revolutionize medical imaging and may well make as dramatic a contribution to modern medicine as the discovery of the x-ray itself once did. Combining electromagnetic and ultrasonic waves synergistically, photoacoustics can provide deep speckle-free imaging with high electromagnetic contrast at high ultrasonic resolution and without any health risk. While photoacoustic imaging is probably the fastest growing biomedical imaging technology, this book is the first comprehensive volume in this emerging field covering both the physics and the remarkable noninvasive applications that are changing diagnostic medicine.
Bringing together the leading pioneers in this field to write about their own work, Photoacoustic Imaging and Spectroscopy is the first to provide a full account of the latest research and developing applications in the area of biomedical photoacoustics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|34 pages
Fundamentals of Photoacoustics
part II|40 pages
Photoacoustic Image Reconstruction: Algorithm, Resolution, and View
part III|40 pages
Photoacoustic Image Reconstruction: Mathematical Perspectives
part IV|66 pages
Photoacoustic Image Reconstruction: Advanced Algorithms
part V|84 pages
Ultrasonic Detectors for Photoacoustic Tomography
part VI|22 pages
Focused Scanning Photoacoustic Tomography with Laser Excitation
part VII|42 pages
Array-Based Photoacoustic Tomography with Laser Excitation
part VIII|20 pages
Thermoacoustic Tomography with Microwave Excitation
part IX|22 pages
Functional and Molecular Photoacoustic Tomography
part X|38 pages
Photoacoustic Tomography with Nanoparticles
part XI|62 pages
Photoacoustic Tomography of Breasts, Joints, and Vessels
part XII|22 pages
Multimodal Imaging