Departmental Papers (BE)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
September 2007
Abstract
We consider the photoacoustic effect for multiply scattered light in a random medium. Within the accuracy of the diffusion approximation to the radiative transport equation, we present a general analysis of the sensitivity of a photoacoustic wave to the presence of one or more small absorbing objects. Applications to tumor detection by photoacoustic imaging are suggested.
Keywords
light scattering, photoacoustic effect, random media
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Date Posted: 06 November 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Copyright American Physical Society. Reprinted from Physical Review E, Volume 76, Article 036604, September 2007, 9 pages.