Photoacoustic simulation study of chirp excitation response from different size absorbers

K. Jnawali; B. Chinni; V. Dogra; N. Rao

doi:10.1117/12.2253972

13 March 2017 Photoacoustic simulation study of chirp excitation response from different size absorbers

K. Jnawali, B. Chinni, V. Dogra, N. Rao

Proceedings Volume 10139, Medical Imaging 2017: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography; 101391L (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253972
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2017, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a hybrid imaging modality that integrates the strength of optical and ultrasound imaging. Nanosecond (ns) pulsed lasers used in current PA imaging systems are expensive, bulky and they often waste energy. We propose and evaluate, through simulations, the use of a continuous wave (CW) laser whose amplitude is linear frequency modulated (chirp) for PA imaging. The chirp signal provides signal-to-side-lobe ratio (SSR) improvement potential and full control over PA signal frequencies excited in the sample. The PA signal spectrum is a function of absorber size and the time frequencies present in the chirp. A mismatch between the input chirp spectrum and the output PA signal spectrum can affect the compressed pulse that is recovered from cross-correlating the two. We have quantitatively characterized this effect. The k-wave Matlab tool box was used to simulate PA signals in three dimensions for absorbers ranging in size from 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm, in response to laser excitation amplitude that is linearly swept from 0.5 MHz to 4 MHz. This sweep frequency range was chosen based on the spectrum analysis of a PA signal generated from ex-vivo human prostate tissue samples. In comparison, the energy wastage by a ns laser pulse was also estimated. For the chirp methodology, the compressed pulse peak amplitude, pulse width and side lobe structure parameters were extracted for different size absorbers. While the SSR increased 6 fold with absorber size, the pulse width decreased by 25%.

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K. Jnawali, B. Chinni, V. Dogra, and N. Rao "Photoacoustic simulation study of chirp excitation response from different size absorbers", Proc. SPIE 10139, Medical Imaging 2017: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography, 101391L (13 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253972

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