TY - GEN
T1 - Diffuse Optical Tomography
T2 - PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering: Advanced Optical Devices, Technologies, and Medical Applications
AU - Hielscher, Andreas H.
AU - Abdoulaev, Gassan S.
AU - Klose, Alexander D.
AU - Bluestone, Avraham Y.
AU - Netz, U.
AU - Beuthan, J.
AU - Lasker, Joseph
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Diffuse optical tomography is emerging as a viable new biomedical imaging modality. Using near-infrared light this technique probes absorption as well as scattering properties of biological tissues. First commercial instruments are now available that combined with appropriate image reconstruction scheme allow to obtain cross sectional views of various body parts. The main applications are currently brain, breast, limb and joint imaging. While the spatial resolution is limited compared to other imaging modalities such as MRI or X-ray tomography, diffuse optical tomography provides for a fast, inexpensive, acquisition of a variety of physiological parameters that are otherwise not accessible. We present here a brief overview over the current state-of-the-art technology and some of its main applications.
AB - Diffuse optical tomography is emerging as a viable new biomedical imaging modality. Using near-infrared light this technique probes absorption as well as scattering properties of biological tissues. First commercial instruments are now available that combined with appropriate image reconstruction scheme allow to obtain cross sectional views of various body parts. The main applications are currently brain, breast, limb and joint imaging. While the spatial resolution is limited compared to other imaging modalities such as MRI or X-ray tomography, diffuse optical tomography provides for a fast, inexpensive, acquisition of a variety of physiological parameters that are otherwise not accessible. We present here a brief overview over the current state-of-the-art technology and some of its main applications.
KW - Brain and joint imaging
KW - Image reconstruction
KW - Instrumentation
KW - Scattering media
KW - Tomography
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U2 - 10.1117/12.517033
DO - 10.1117/12.517033
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0345415053
VL - 5123
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
SP - 270
EP - 286
BT - PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering: Advanced Optical Devices, Technologies, and Medical Applications
Y2 - 19 August 2002 through 22 August 2002
ER -