• DocumentCode
    1943063
  • Title

    FDTD (finite difference time domain) analysis of optical pulse responses in biological tissues for spectroscopic diffused optical tomography

  • Author

    Tanifuji, T. ; Chiba, N. ; Hijikata, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kitami Inst. of Technol., Hokkaido, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    15-19 July 2001
  • Abstract
    FDTD analysis has been successfully formulated for predicting optical pulse response in biological tissues. It has been confirmed that suitable boundary conditions give reasonable numerical results.
  • Keywords
    bio-optics; biological tissues; finite difference time-domain analysis; light propagation; light scattering; optical tomography; FDTD analysis; air-tissue interface; biological tissues; boundary conditions; hemoglobin; image reconstruction; mesh sizes; near-infrared spectral range; noninvasive mapping; optical diffusion equations; optical pulse propagation; optical pulse response; oxygen saturation; spectroscopic diffused optical tomography; trailing edge; transport scattering coefficient; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Equations; Finite difference methods; Light scattering; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Slabs; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chiba, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6738-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967882
  • Filename
    967882