Photoacoustic Imaging with Attenuation Rectification of Different Frequent Components of Photoacoustic Signal
基于不同频率成份衰减矫正的光声成像方法

The influences of attenuation coefficients of photoacoustic signals, which depends on frequencies, on the quality of reconstructed photoacoustic images has been explored. It reveals that the attenuation coefficients of low frequent components are less than those of high frequencies, and the latter are more important for photoacoustic imaging with high resolution. Based on the ultrasonic attenuation theory, the method of photoacoustic imaging with rectification of the attenuation of different frequent component was performed. The experiments results show that this method improves the resolution of reconstructed images, and the reconstructed images resolution improved from 0.3 mm to 0.2 mm. A Q-switched Nd:YAG laser operating at 1064 nm was used as light source. The laser had a pulse width of 6ns and a repetition frequency of 20 Hz. A needle PVDF hydrophone with diameter of 1 mm was used to detect photoacoustic signals.