Investigation of iterative image reconstruction in optoacoustic tomography

Kun Wang; Richard Su; Alexander A. Oraevsky; Mark A. Anastasio

doi:10.1117/12.909610

23 February 2012 Investigation of iterative image reconstruction in optoacoustic tomography

Kun Wang, Richard Su, Alexander A. Oraevsky, Mark A. Anastasio

Proceedings Volume 8223, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2012; 82231Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909610
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Filtered backprojection (FBP) algorithms are commonly employed for image reconstruction in optoacoustic tomography (OAT). A limitation of FBP algorithms is that they require the measured acoustic data to be densely sampled, which necessitates expensive ultrasound arrays that possess a large number of elements or increased data-acquisition times if mechnical scanning is employed. Additionally, FBP algorithms are based on idealized imaging models that do not accurately model the response of the transducers and fail to exploit the statistical characteristics of noisy measurement data to minimize noise levels in the reconstructed images. Iterative image reconstruction algorithms can circumvent these difficulties. However, to date, iterative reconstruction algorithms have not been successfully applied to three-dimensional (3D) OAT. In this work we investigate the use of an iterative image reconstruction method in 3D OAT. The large computational burden of 3D iterative image reconstruction is circumvented by implementing the reconstrution algorithm with graphics processing units (GPUs). The ability of the reconstruction algorithm to mitigate artifacts due to incomplete data is demonstrated.

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Kun Wang, Richard Su, Alexander A. Oraevsky, and Mark A. Anastasio "Investigation of iterative image reconstruction in optoacoustic tomography", Proc. SPIE 8223, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2012, 82231Y (23 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909610

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