title: Exact frequency-domain reconstruction for thermoacoustic tomography. I. Planar geometry
abstract: We report an exact and fast Fourier-domain reconstruction algorithm for thermoacoustic tomography in a planar configuration assuming thermal confinement and constant acoustic speed. The effects of the finite size of the detector and the finite length of the excitation pulse are explicitly included in the reconstruction algorithm. The algorithm is numerically and experimentally verified. We also demonstrate that the blurring caused by the finite size of the detector surface is the primary limiting factor on the resolution and that it can be compensated for by deconvolution
keyphrases: exact frequency-domain reconstruction thermoacoustic tomography planar geometry reconstruction algorithm planar configuration thermal confinement constant acoustic speed excitation pulse blurring primary limiting factor deconvolution medical diagnostic imaging finite detector surface size resolution limitation