# Deep Learning Enabled Real-Time Photoacoustic Tomography System via Single Data Acquisition Channel

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.07454 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2001.07454/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 21 Jan 2020.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Joint Segmentation and Image Reconstruction with Error Prediction in Photoacoustic Imaging using Deep Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.02653/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) combines the optical contrast of optical imaging and the penetrability of sonography. In this work, we develop a novel PACT system to provide real-time imaging, which is achieved by a 120-elements ultrasound array only using a single data acquisition (DAQ) channel. To reduce the channel number of DAQ, we superimpose 30 nearby channels' signals together in the analog domain, and shrinking to 4 channels of data (120/30=4). Furthermore, a four-to-one delay-line module is designed to combine these four channels' data into one channel before entering the single-channel DAQ, followed by decoupling the signals after data acquisition. To reconstruct the image from four superimposed 30-channels'PA signals, we train a dedicated deep learning model to reconstruct the final PA image. In this paper, we present the preliminary results of phantom and in-vivo experiments, which manifests its robust real-time imaging performance. The significance of this novel PACT system is that it dramatically reduces the cost of multi-channel DAQ module (from 120 channels to 1 channel), paving the way to a portable, low-cost and real-time PACT system.