Title :
A statistical approach for detection and localization of a fluorescing mouse tumor in intralipid
Author :
Milstein, A.B. ; Bouman, C.A. ; Webb, K.J. ; Kennedy, M.D. ; Low, P.S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
A statistical approach is presented for detecting and localizing a fluorescing tumor obscured underneath millimeters of turbid medium. The method is validated in an experimental study using a mouse tumor and folate-iridocyanine dye.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; dyes; fluorescence; statistical analysis; tumours; fluorescing mouse tumor; folate-iridocyanine dye; intralipid; statistical approach; tumour detection; tumour localization; turbid medium; Biomedical measurements; Fluorescence; Image reconstruction; Inverse problems; Laser excitation; Mice; Neoplasms; Performance evaluation; Probability; Tumors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202246
