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Application of time reversal mirror technique in microwave-induced thermo-acoustic tomography system

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Microwave-induced thermo-acoustic tomography (MITAT) is a promising technique with great potential in biomedical imaging. It has both the high contrast of the microwave imaging and the high resolution of the ultrasound imaging. In this paper, the proportional relationship between the absorbed microwave energy distribution and the induced ultrasound source distribution is derived. Further, the time reversal mirror (TRM) technique based on the pseudo-spectral time domain (PSTD) method is applied to MITAT system. The simulation results show that high contrast and resolution can be achieved by the TRM technique based on PSTD method even for the received signals with very low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the model parameter with random fluctuation.

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    GuoPing Chen, ZhiQin Zhao, WenJun Zheng, ZaiPing Nie & QingHuo Liu

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60771042), the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program (“863” Project) (Grant No. 2007AA12Z159), 111 Project (Grant No. B07046), SiChuan Excellent Youth Foundation (Grant No. 08ZQ026-039), Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China and Program for Changjiang Scholars

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Chen, G., Zhao, Z., Zheng, W. et al. Application of time reversal mirror technique in microwave-induced thermo-acoustic tomography system. Sci. China Ser. E-Technol. Sci. 52, 2087–2095 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-009-0148-7

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