Thermoacoustic tomography : principles and applications / Huabei Jiang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jiang, Huabei, author.

Series:

IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geometric tomography.

Heat engineering.

Diagnostic imaging.

Thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : IOP Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive overview of thermoacoustic imaging approaches, covering everything from the basics of thermoacoustic generation and image reconstruction methods, and the various implementations, to numerous practical applications.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgements

Author biography

Huabei Jiang

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of thermoacoustic tomography

1.1 Thermoacoustic effect

1.2 Image reconstruction methods

1.2.1 Delay-and-sum beam forming algorithm

1.2.2 A-line/B-mode image formation method

1.2.3 Iterative nonlinear algorithm

1.3 Instrumentation

References

Chapter 2 Quantitative thermoacoustic tomography

2.1 Recovery of tissue conductivity

Examples

2.2 Simultaneous recovery of absorbed microwave energy density and acoustic velocity

2.3 Simultaneous recovery of conductivity and elasticity

2.3.1 Image reconstruction algorithm

2.3.2 Numerical simulations

2.3.3 Phantom experiments

2.3.4 Results

2.3.5 Discussion and conclusion

Chapter 3 Image enhancement: software and hardware approaches

3.1 Dual mesh scheme

3.2 Adjoint sensitivity method

3.3 TVM scheme

3.4 Rigorous incident electric field and adaptive minimization strategy

3.4.1 Simulations and experiments

3.4.2 Discussion

3.5 Parallel computation

3.6 Compact dipole antenna

3.6.1 Methods and materials

3.6.2 Results and discussion

3.6.3 Conclusions

3.7 Compact microwave source

3.7.1 Methods and materials

3.7.2 Results and discussion

3.7.3 Conclusions

3.8 Anti-phase microwave excitation

3.8.1 Materials and methods

3.8.2 Results

3.8.3 Conclusions

Chapter 4 Transducer array-based TAT: 2D and 3D thermoacoustic imaging

4.1 Array-based TAT system and 2D imaging

4.1.1 Microwave source

4.1.2 128-Element ultrasound transducer arrays

4.1.3 Control electronics and data acquisition

4.1.4 System evaluation and experimental studies

4.2 3D Imaging

4.2.1 System description

4.2.2 Phantom experiments

Reference.

Chapter 5 High-resolution and multi-modal approaches

5.1 High-resolution TAT

5.2 Multi-modal approaches-TAT/PAT

5.3 Multi-modal approaches-TAT/US

Chapter 6 Contrast agents-based molecular thermoacoustic imaging

6.1 Magnetic materials

6.1.1 Fe3O4/PANI and FA-Fe3O4/PANI

6.1.2 NMG2[Gd(DTPA)]

6.2 Carbon nanomaterials

6.3 Other materials

Chapter 7 Clinical applications and animal studies

7.1 Joint imaging

7.1.1 Rabbit knee joints

7.1.2 Healthy human finger joints

7.1.3 Diseased human finger joints

7.2 Brain imaging

7.2.1 In vivo rat brain

7.2.2 Phantom enclosed with ex vivo human skull

7.2.3 In vivo human brain

7.3 Imaging of thyroid

7.3.1 Thermoacoustic imaging system

7.3.2 Results and discussion

7.4 Liver imaging

7.5 Vascular imaging

7.6 Breast imaging

References.

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ISBN:

9780750341578

0750341572

OCLC:

1149144639