Title :
New technique to estimate non-absorbing temporal point spread function for diffuse optical tomography using backscattered light
Author :
Namita, Takeshi ; Otani, Masafumi ; Kato, Yuji ; Shiniizu, K.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
To reconstruct cross-sectional absorption distribution of diffuse medium, a new technique to estimate non-absorbing temporal point spread function in time-resolved measurement was developed. The feasibility and effectiveness were verified in Monte Carlo simulation.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; image reconstruction; light scattering; optical tomography; optical transfer function; Monte Carlo simulation; backscattered light; cross sectional absorption distribution reconstruction; diffuse medium; diffuse optical tomography; nonabsorbing temporal point spread function; time-resolved measurement; Absorption; Equations; Estimation; Image reconstruction; Mathematical model; Monte Carlo methods; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193879
