A depth-dependent, transverse shift-invariant operator for fast iterative 3D photoacoustic tomography in planar geometry

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Main Authors: Küçükkomürcü, Ege, Labouesse, Simon, Allain, Marc, Chaigne, Thomas
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author Küçükkomürcü, Ege
Labouesse, Simon
Allain, Marc
Chaigne, Thomas
author_facet Küçükkomürcü, Ege
Labouesse, Simon
Allain, Marc
Chaigne, Thomas
contents Iterative model-based image reconstruction in photoacoustic tomography (PAT) enables principled incorporation of detector physics, object-related priors, and complex acquisition strategies. However, for three-dimensional (3D) imaging scenario, the computational cost is often dominated by repeatedly solving wave equations. We propose a fast forward model for planar detection geometries that exploits transverse shift invariance. This symmetry enables to compute the full acoustic field from a 3D object, as a result of a set of 2D convolutions with depth-dependent impulse responses. This formulation yields a FFT-based forward operator and its corresponding discrete adjoint operator, making iterative reconstruction faster without calling partial differential equation (PDE) solvers at each iteration. We validate the model against commonly used PDE solver under matched discretization and boundary settings, and demonstrate accelerations of up to 2 orders of magnitude for iterative reconstructions from experimental all-optical photoacoustic datasets.
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spellingShingle A depth-dependent, transverse shift-invariant operator for fast iterative 3D photoacoustic tomography in planar geometry
Küçükkomürcü, Ege
Labouesse, Simon
Allain, Marc
Chaigne, Thomas
Optics
Computational Physics
Iterative model-based image reconstruction in photoacoustic tomography (PAT) enables principled incorporation of detector physics, object-related priors, and complex acquisition strategies. However, for three-dimensional (3D) imaging scenario, the computational cost is often dominated by repeatedly solving wave equations. We propose a fast forward model for planar detection geometries that exploits transverse shift invariance. This symmetry enables to compute the full acoustic field from a 3D object, as a result of a set of 2D convolutions with depth-dependent impulse responses. This formulation yields a FFT-based forward operator and its corresponding discrete adjoint operator, making iterative reconstruction faster without calling partial differential equation (PDE) solvers at each iteration. We validate the model against commonly used PDE solver under matched discretization and boundary settings, and demonstrate accelerations of up to 2 orders of magnitude for iterative reconstructions from experimental all-optical photoacoustic datasets.
title A depth-dependent, transverse shift-invariant operator for fast iterative 3D photoacoustic tomography in planar geometry
topic Optics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28150