Title :
MRI-guided optical tomography: prospects and computation for a new imaging method
Author :
Barbour, Randall L. ; Graber, Harry L. ; Chang, Jenghwa ; Barbour, San-Lian S. ; Koo, Ping C. ; Aronson, Raphael
Author_Institution :
Health Sci. Center, State Univ. of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Abstract :
Living tissue scatters near-infrared light randomly, can this problem be overcome to make NIR optical tomography possible? If so, it could be more accurate and less damaging than other medical imaging techniques. Computational experiments using combined MRI-optical methods show promise
Keywords :
biomedical NMR; computerised tomography; infrared imaging; medical image processing; optical tomography; MRI-guided optical tomography; computational experiments; living tissue; medical diagnostic imaging; medical imaging techniques; near-infrared light; randomly-scattered light; Biomedical optical imaging; Electromagnetic scattering; Optical computing; Optical films; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Particle scattering; Tomography; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Computational Science & Engineering, IEEE
