Laser optoacoustic tomography of layered tissues: signal processing

Alexander A. Oraevsky; Rinat O. Esenaliev; Alexander A. Karabutov

doi:10.1117/12.280297

18 August 1997 Laser optoacoustic tomography of layered tissues: signal processing

Alexander A. Oraevsky, Rinat O. Esenaliev, Alexander A. Karabutov

Proceedings Volume 2979, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue: Theory, Instrumentation, Model, and Human Studies II; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280297
Event: BiOS '97, Part of Photonics West, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Laser optoacoustic imaging experiments in biological tissues in vivo are presented along with the theoretical signal analysis procedure. The laser optoacoustic imaging system (LOIS) can operate in the reflection mode with emphasis on high z-axial (in-depth) resolution (up to 10 - 20 micrometers). Two examples of LOIS applications for non- invasive in vivo medical diagnostics are presented and discussed: (1) characterization of layered structure of port- wine stains, and (2) measurements of skin melanoma thickness. Potential miniaturization of LOIS for endoscopy applications is also discussed. The z-axial profiles of laser-induced pressure were shown to contain diagnostic information on location, dimensions and optical properties of tissue layers. Time-resolved signals detected by piezoelectric transducers were corrected for distortions such as diffraction and acoustic attenuation that occur upon pressure wave propagation in tissue. Wavelet transform applied to signals of laser- induced acoustic emission yielded high contrast pressure profiles with substantial signal-to-noise ratio.

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Alexander A. Oraevsky, Rinat O. Esenaliev, and Alexander A. Karabutov "Laser optoacoustic tomography of layered tissues: signal processing", Proc. SPIE 2979, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue: Theory, Instrumentation, Model, and Human Studies II, (18 August 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280297

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