Application of the most probable diffuse paths to localizing absorbers in turbid media

Author

Chen, Nan Guang ; Bai, Jing ; Quing Zhu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

68

Abstract

We discuss in the paper the most probable paths related to frequency domain diffuse photon density waves propagating inside turbid media. It is found that for a medium of finite size, the existence of boundaries to non-scattering media would have considerable impact on the path shape. It is also demonstrated that such paths can be used to obtain higher accuracy in localizing absorbers embedded in a homogeneous background

Keywords

bio-optics; biological tissues; light scattering; optical tomography; photon transport theory; turbidity; absorbers localization; breast cancer diagnosis; finite size medium; frequency domain diffuse photon density waves; homogeneous background; most probable diffuse paths; non-scattering media boundaries; path shape; turbid media; Biomedical optical imaging; Breast cancer; Frequency modulation; Geometrical optics; Infrared detectors; Light sources; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE 26th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Storrs, CT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6341-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2000.842382

Filename

842382