Title :
Ultrasound-modulated laser speckle imaging of biological tissues
Author :
Li, J. ; Wang, L.-H.V.
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Program, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Ultrasound-modulated optical imaging was studied using laser speckle contrast. By measuring the speckle contrast under ultrasonic modulation, images of biological-tissue objects buried in biological-tissue samples were obtained with resolution determined by the ultrasound.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; biomedical ultrasonics; image resolution; laser applications in medicine; speckle; biological-tissue objects; biological-tissue samples; diode laser; imaging method; laser speckle contrast; medical diagnostic imaging; transmission geometry; ultrasonic modulation; ultrasound-modulated laser speckle imaging; Acoustic scattering; Adaptive optics; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Light scattering; Optical imaging; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Speckle; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053301
