Determination of the optical impulse response function of biological tissue and technical constraints

Author

Zimolong, A. ; Rau, G. ; Gaelings, E. ; Rutten, W.

Author_Institution

Helmholtz-Inst. for Biomed. Eng., Aachen, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

836

Abstract

Optical tomography of biological tissue is struggling with blurred pictures due to high scattering of photons. We describe a procedure to overcome this problem by employing measurement techniques in the frequency domain in order to determine the optical impulse response function. After introducing problems of optical tomography and realized solutions, an arrangement is described which utilizes frequency domain measurements based on direct modulation of a laser diode and detection by a photodiode. The principle function is demonstrated by measuring optical properties of a test system

Keywords

biomedical imaging; laser applications in medicine; light scattering; optical tomography; biological tissue; blurred pictures; direct modulation; frequency domain; frequency domain measurements; laser diode; measurement techniques; optical impulse response function; optical tomography; photodiode; principle function; technical constraints; test system; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Diode lasers; Frequency domain analysis; Frequency measurement; Measurement techniques; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Single photon emission computed tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.651999

Filename

651999