title: Fusion of conventional ultrasound imaging and acousto-optic sensing by use of a standard pulsed-ultrasound scanner.
abstract: Acousto-optic sensing (AOS) is a dual-wave sensing technique based on the ultrasound modulation of diffuse light in a turbid medium. We experimentally demonstrate the feasibility of combining AOS and conventional ultrasound imaging by use of a commercially available pulsed-ultrasound scanner coupled with a photorefractive crystal-based optical interferometry system. Optically absorbing targets embedded in highly diffusive phantoms (mus'= 10 cm(-1)) are imaged through a thickness of 27 mm with millimeter resolution. The acousto-optic images are intrinsically coregistered with the ultrasound images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. Emmanuel.Bossy@espci.fr
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bossy
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sui
authors.forename: Todd W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Ronald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013382:Subtraction Technique / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods