title: Simultaneous reconstruction of acoustic and optical properties of heterogeneous media by quantitative photoacoustic tomography.
abstract: We report on experimental demonstration of photoacoustic tomography for simultaneous recovery of the optical and acoustic properties of heterogeneous media. Photoacoustic images are reconstructed from a series of tissue-like phantom experiments using a finite element-based reconstruction algorithm coupled with a scanning photoacoustic imaging system. The results show that the images obtained are quantitative in terms of the shape, size, location and optical and acoustic properties of the heterogeneities examined.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Qizhi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huabei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang