Research Article

IRR-Net: A Joint Learning Framework for Image Reconstruction and Recognition of Photoacoustic Tomography

Table 1

Characteristic parameters of different tissue types in numerical phantoms.

Tissue nameRefractive indexReflectanceµa (cm‒1)µs (cm‒1)Anisotropy factorSound speed (m/s)Mass density (kg/L)Radial thickness (mm)

Outer wall (OW)1.420.080.7060.851,6001.0260–0.5
Inner wall (IW)1.420.050.4060.851,5801.0730.1–0.4
Fibrous cap (FC)1.470.240.78250.781,6101.0580.2–0.5
Calcification (Cal)1.470.340.835600.781,5401.6680.3–0.5
Lipid pool (LP)1.470.420.905200.821,6500.9470.1–0.3
Mixed calcification (MC)1.470.230.965500.801,6500.9470.01–0.3
Cavity1.350.1206100.991.5401.0651.2–1.7