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Method for Selecting the Down-Sampling Factor of Photoacoustic Image by Using Cumulative Power Difference in
Shihao Tang1, Min Wan1, Yameng Zhang2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Journal of Biophotonics
|March 19, 2025
Summary
This study introduces a new method, cumulative power difference (CPD), to quickly select optimal settings for photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) imaging. CPD helps improve image quality assessment and reduces the need for extensive prior testing.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Imaging
- Optical Imaging
- Photoacoustics
Background:
- Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is a non-invasive imaging technique.
- A key limitation of PAM is its slow imaging speed due to sparse spatial sampling.
- Selecting optimal down-sampling factors for PAM requires extensive prior experimentation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a novel frequency-domain evaluation index, cumulative power difference (CPD).
- To enable rapid selection of the optimal down-sampling factor for PAM.
- To overcome the limitations of slow imaging speed and extensive parameter tuning in PAM.
Main Methods:
- Developed and applied the cumulative power difference (CPD) evaluation index.
- Utilized CPD for analyzing down-sampled photoacoustic images of mouse ear and brain.
- Correlated CPD with established image quality metrics like PCC, MSE, and SSIM.
Main Results:
- A decreasing trend in image quality was observed as the down-sampling factor increased.
- CPD showed a significant correlation with PCC/MSE/SSIM (p < 0.001).
- CPD effectively evaluates photoacoustic image quality and quantifies quality loss from down-sampling.
Conclusions:
- CPD enables rapid, accurate selection of optimal down-sampling factors for PAM.
- This method facilitates quality assessment of down-sampled images without prior inspection.
- The study expands PAM's application range and supports its clinical potential.
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