Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4976385 Journal of the Franklin Institute 2008 27 Pages PDF
Abstract
Photo-acoustic signal generation has shown potential for medical tomography. This paper aims to present a consistent and unified approach to the mathematical modelling of the photo-acoustic problem, using a transfer function approach. A generalized version of the Fourier slice theorem is presented and proved. Reconstruction algorithms can be developed based on specific cases of this general theorem. Closed-form solutions to special cases are given in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates. These can be used to simulate the forward problem and as test cases for any reconstruction algorithms.
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering Computer Science Signal Processing
Authors
,