The optical component of quantitative photoacoustic tomography, where optical parameters are estimated from the initial pressure generated by heating and expansion of biological tissues by laser pulses. (IMAGE)

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The optical component of quantitative photoacoustic tomography, where optical parameters are estimated from the initial pressure generated by heating and expansion of biological tissues by laser pulses.

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The optical component of quantitative photoacoustic tomography, where optical parameters are estimated from the initial pressure generated by heating and expansion of biological tissues by laser pulses, is the focus of the review. Bottom panel: simulated photoacoustic data (image courtesy of N. Hänninen). 

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Tarvainen and Cox, doi 10.1117/1.JBO.29.S1.S11509.

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