DocumentCode :
2680910
Title :
Photon migration in biological tissue and application to diffuse optical tomography
Author :
Yamada, Y. ; Feng Gao ; Huijuan Zhao
Author_Institution :
Electro-Commun. Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Volume :
2
fYear :
2003
fDate :
15-19 Dec. 2003
Abstract :
Near-infrared photon migration in biological tissue is dominated by strong scattering compared with absorption and modeled as a diffusion phenomenon. The modeling of photon migration in tissue is introduced and its application to diffuse optical imaging is explained.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; infrared imaging; medical image processing; optical tomography; biological tissue; diffuse optical imaging; diffuse optical tomography; diffusion phenomenon; near-infrared photon migration; scattering; Absorption; Biological system modeling; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical imaging; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Photonics; Research and development; Single photon emission computed tomography;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277013
Filename :
1277013
Link To Document :
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