Real-time photoacoustic tomograpghy using linear array probe and detection of line structure using Hough transform

Issue title: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology – Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, 18–21 August 2015, Shanghai, China

Guest editors: Feng Liu, Dong-Hoon Lee, Ricardo Lagoa and Sandeep Kumar

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Shin, Seung-Won^a | Park, Jaebyung^b | Shin, Dong ho^b | Song, Chul-Gyu^{b; c; *} | Kim, Kyeong-Seop^{d; *}

Affiliations: [a] Biomedical Engineering Branch Division, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea | [b] Department of Electronic Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk, Korea | [c] Center for Advanced Bioimaging Research, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk, Korea | [d] School of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, Korea

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Chul-Gyu Song, Electronic Engineering Department, Chonbuk National University, 66-14 Deokjin-dong, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk, Korea. Tel.: +82 63 270 4282; Fax: +82 63 270 4317; E-mail: song133436@gmail.com. Kyeong-Seop Kim, School of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University, 268 Chungwondaero, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, Korea. Tel.: +82 43 840 3765; Fax: +82 43 840 3766; E-mail: kyeong@kku.ac.kr.

Note: [1] Seung-Won Shin and Jaebyung Park contributed equally to this work.

Keywords: Photoacoustic image, back projection algorithm, ultrasonic imaging, Hough transform, line structure

DOI: 10.3233/BME-151447

Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 26, no. s1, pp. S1483-S1490, 2015