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The need for medical diagnosis continues to demand new technologies for noninvasive imaging of the human body. While all imaging modalities continue...



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Figure 1.Random ray traces through a turbid medium in the presence of an acoustic wave. The center region represents the ultrasound wave; light shades indicate regions of pressure above ambient, and dark shades represent such regions below.
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Figure 2.Block diagram of an experiment for acoustooptic imaging. (L. Sui, E. Bossy, T. W. Murray, and R. A. Roy, Boston University)
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Figure 3.Acoustooptic imaging of a tissuelike object (phantom), with two objects embedded within it. (a) Visible-light image of phantom cut open to show the inclusions. (b) Acoustooptic imaging signals across the two targets. (c) Conventional B-mode ultrasound image. (d) Acousooptic image using the system in Fig. 2. (L. Sui, E. Bossy, T. W. Murray, and R. A. Roy, Boston University)
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