Imaging acoustic sources through scattering media by using a correlation full-matrix filter. Issue 1 (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rui, Wei; Tao, Chao; Liu, Xiaojun
• Is Part Of: Scientific reports. Volume 8:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 10
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: Natural history -- Research -- Periodicals; Biology -- Research -- Periodicals; Physical sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; Earth sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 502.85
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34039-w
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2045-2322

Abstract

Abstract In the inhomogeneous medium, acoustic scattering is always a fundamental challenge for photoacoustic imaging. We implement a correlation full-matrix filter (CFMF) combing with a time reversal operator to improve the imaging quality of acoustic sources in complex media. The correlation full-matrix filtering process extracts the direct wave component from the detected signal and preserve all the useful information at the same time. A location factor is considered in the time reversal operator to compensate for the image distortion and false contrast caused by the limited-view detection. The numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed approach can perform good imaging quality with the higher image signal-noise ratio and better resolution in an acoustic scattering environment. This scheme might be applied to improve the photoacoustic imaging for inhomogeneous biological tissues.