title: Ultrasonically-induced Lorentz force tomography.
abstract: Electrical conductivity can be measured using the ultrasonically-induced Lorentz force. An ultrasonic wave is passed through tissue in the presence of a magnetic field. Moving charges in a magnetic field are subject to the Lorentz force, which acts as the source of current and potential. This paper shows that ultrasonically-induced Lorentz force imaging can be formulated in a way that makes it similar to tomography: an image can be reconstructed using waves propagating in various directions. More specifically, measuring the dipole strength for a particular direction and wavelength is equivalent to measuring the Fourier transform of the conductivity distribution at one point in frequency space. Measurements at a variety of wavelengths and directions are equivalent to mapping the Fourier transform of the conductivity distribution. The conductivity can then be found by an inverse Fourier transform.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. roth@oakland.edu
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schalte