title: Pulse inversion ultrasound modulated optical tomography.
abstract: Pulse inversion acoustic imaging is useful as it allows second harmonic imaging to be obtained with short acoustic pulses. This allows high axial resolution, but removes any overlap in the frequency spectra of fundamental and harmonic. We demonstrate pulse inversion ultrasound modulated optical tomography using an optical speckle based detection method. Inverted and non-inverted acoustic pulses combined with synchronized strobed illumination are applied to an optically scattering medium. Over the acquisition time of a camera, multiple pulses are summed and at the next frame the phase of the ultrasound is shifted by π/2 and the process repeated. Combining the two frames allows a second harmonic signal to be obtained. A reduction in linewidth is observed (DC=9.26 mm, fundamental=4.02 mm, second harmonic=2.43 mm) in line scans of optically absorbing objects embedded in a scattering medium (thickness=16 mm, scattering coefficient=2.3 mm(-1), anisotropy factor=0.938).
authors.affiliation: Electrical Systems and Optics Research Division, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Haowen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Melissa L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mather
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Morgan