TY - GEN
T1 - Comparison of two and three-dimensional optical tomographic image reconstructions of human finger joints
AU - Song, Rong
AU - Klose, Alexander D.
AU - Scheel, Alexander K.
AU - Netz, Uwe
AU - Beuthan, Jürgen
AU - Hielscher, Andreas H.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We have developed an image reconstruction algorithm to recover the spatial distribution of optical properties in human finger joints for early diagnosis and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). An optimization method iteratively employs a light propagation model based on the equation of radiative transfer (ERT) for recovering the unknown absorption and scattering coefficients distribution for near-infrared (NIR) light inside the joint tissue. We explored the differences in cross-sectional images obtained by using the reconstruction algorithms with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional light propagation models. In particular we examined how these different approaches affect the discrimination between healthy and RA joints.
AB - We have developed an image reconstruction algorithm to recover the spatial distribution of optical properties in human finger joints for early diagnosis and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). An optimization method iteratively employs a light propagation model based on the equation of radiative transfer (ERT) for recovering the unknown absorption and scattering coefficients distribution for near-infrared (NIR) light inside the joint tissue. We explored the differences in cross-sectional images obtained by using the reconstruction algorithms with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional light propagation models. In particular we examined how these different approaches affect the discrimination between healthy and RA joints.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260874
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260874
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34047190909
SN - 1424400325
SN - 9781424400324
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 6553
EP - 6556
BT - 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'06
T2 - 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'06
Y2 - 30 August 2006 through 3 September 2006
ER -