Highly parallel Monte-Carlo simulations of the acousto-optic effect in heterogeneous turbid media

Samuel Powell; Terence S. Leung

doi:10.1117/1.JBO.17.4.045002

6 April 2012 Highly parallel Monte-Carlo simulations of the acousto-optic effect in heterogeneous turbid media

Samuel Powell, Terence S. Leung

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 17, Issue 4, 045002 (April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.17.4.045002

Abstract

The development of a highly prallel simulation of the acousto-optic effect is detailed. The simulation supports optically heterogeneous simulation domains under insonification by arbitrary monochromatic ultrasound fields. An adjoint method for acousto-optics is proposed to permit point-source/point-detector simulations. The flexibility and efficiency of this simulation code is demonstrated in the development of spatial absorption sensitivity maps which are in broad agreement with current experimental investigations. The simulation code has the potential to provide guidance in the feasibility and optimization of future studies of the acousto-optic technique, and its speed may permit its use as part of an iterative inversion model.

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Samuel Powell and Terence S. Leung "Highly parallel Monte-Carlo simulations of the acousto-optic effect in heterogeneous turbid media," Journal of Biomedical Optics 17(4), 045002 (6 April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.17.4.045002

Published: 6 April 2012

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