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
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