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2012-08-14
Reconstruction of Microwave Absorption Properties in Heterogeneous Tissue for Microwave-Induced Thermo-Acoustic Tomography
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Jinguo Wang,

    Dr. Jinguo Wang

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)

    China

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Zhiqin Zhao,

    Professor Zhiqin Zhao

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    China

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Jian Song,

    Dr. Jian Song

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    China

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Xiaozhang Zhu,

    Dr. Xiaozhang Zhu

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    China

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Zai-Ping Nie,

    Professor Zai-Ping Nie

    School of Electric Engineering

    University of Electric Science and Technology of China

    China

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Qing Huo Liu

    Prof. Qing Huo Liu

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Duke University

    USA

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 130, 225-240, 2012
doi:10.2528/PIER12062704
Abstract
Aiming to efficiently overcome the acoustic refraction and accurately reconstruct the microwave absorption properties in heterogeneous tissue, an iterative reconstruction method is proposed for microwave-induced thermo-acoustic tomography (MITAT) system. Most current imaging methods in MITAT assume that the heterogeneous sound velocity (SV) distribution obeys a simple Gaussian distribution. In real problem, the biological tissue may have several different inclusions with different SV distribution. In this case, the acoustic refraction must be taken into account. The proposed iterative method is consisted of an iterative engine with time reversal mirror (TRM), fast marching method (FMM) and simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART). This method utilizes TRM, FMM and SART to estimate the SV distribution of tissue to solve the phase distortion problem caused by the acoustic refraction effect and needs little prior knowledge of the tissue. The proposed method has great advantages in both spatial resolution and contrast for imaging tumors in acoustically heterogeneous medium. Some numerical simulation results are given to demonstrate the excellent performance of the proposed method.
Citation
Jinguo Wang, Zhiqin Zhao, Jian Song, Xiaozhang Zhu, Zai-Ping Nie, and Qing Huo Liu, "Reconstruction of Microwave Absorption Properties in Heterogeneous Tissue for Microwave-Induced Thermo-Acoustic Tomography," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 130, 225-240, 2012.
doi:10.2528/PIER12062704
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