k-Wave Toolbox

3D FFT Reconstruction For A Planar Sensor Example

Overview

This example demonstrates the use of k-Wave for the reconstruction of a three-dimensional photoacoustic wave-field recorded over a planar array of sensor elements. The sensor data is simulated using kspaceFirstOrder3D and reconstructed using kspacePlaneRecon. It builds on the Simulations In Three Dimensions and 2D FFT Reconstruction For A Line Sensor examples.

• open the file in the MATLAB Editor
• run the file in MATLAB

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Simulating the sensor data

The sensor data is simulated using kspaceFirstOrder3D in the same way as in the preceding simulation examples. The initial pressure is created using makeBall and is again smoothed prior to invoking the simulation. The sensor mask is defined to be a planar sensor array (over a plane x = const). A visualisation of the initial pressure distribution and the sensor mask using voxelPlot is given below.

% smooth the initial pressure distribution and restore the magnitude
source.p0 = smooth(kgrid, p0, true);

% define a binary planar sensor
sensor.mask = zeros(kgrid.Nx, kgrid.Ny, kgrid.Nz);
sensor.mask(1, :, :) = 1;

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Performing the reconstruction

The reconstruction is invoked by calling kspacePlaneRecon with the sensor data (recorded over a planar sensor array), as well as the properties of the acoustic medium and the sampling parameters. By default, the sensor data input must be indexed as p_tyz(time, sensor_y_position, sensor_z_position). Alternatively, the optional input parameter 'DataOrder' can be set to 'yzt' (the default setting is 'tyz'). In both cases, the simulated sensor_data returned by kspaceFirstOrder3D must first be reshaped.

% reshape sensor data to y, z, t
sensor_data_rs = reshape(sensor_data, Ny, Nz, kgrid.Nt);

% reconstruct the initial pressure
p_xyz = kspacePlaneRecon(sensor_data_rs, kgrid.dy, kgrid.dz, dt, medium.sound_speed,...
    'DataOrder', 'yzt', 'PosCond', true, 'Plot', true);

The size of the recorded data and the time to compute the reconstruction are both printed to the command line.

Running k-Wave planar reconstruction...
  grid size: 212 by 44 by 44 grid points
  interpolation mode: *nearest
  applying positivity condition...
  computation completed in 0.25149s

A plot of the initial pressure distribution and the reconstructed initial pressure distribution with a positivity condition (interpolated onto a k-space grid with the same dimensions) are shown below. The three displayed image planes intersect at the centre of ball shown above.

Initial pressure distribution:

Reconstructed initial pressure distribution:

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Visualisation of three-dimensional data

The effective visualisation of three-dimensional matrix data remains an important part of data exploration and presentation. An animated slice-by-slice visualisation of the reconstructed initial pressure distribution can be viewed using flyThrough.

% view reconstruction slice by slice
flyThrough(p_xyz_rs);

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2D FFT Reconstruction For A Line Sensor

2D Time Reversal Reconstruction For A Line Sensor

© 2009-2014 Bradley Treeby and Ben Cox.