• DocumentCode
    2751775
  • Title

    Fast total variation regularization for higher resolution in fluorescence tomography: A split Bregman iteration approach

  • Author

    Behrooz, Ali ; Zhou, Hao-Min ; Eftekhar, Ali A. ; Adibi, Ali

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    725
  • Lastpage
    726
  • Abstract
    We present an edge-preserving regularization for fluorescence tomography that improves its resolution and noise robustness through penalizing the total variation (TV) norm of the reconstructed fluorescent distribution. Results are validated by numerical and phantom-based studies.
  • Keywords
    biological tissues; cellular biophysics; fluorescence; image reconstruction; medical image processing; numerical analysis; optical tomography; phantoms; biological tissue; fast total variation regularization; fluorescence tomography; noise robustness; phantom; reconstructed fluorescent distribution; split Bregman iteration approach; Electron tubes; Fluorescence; Image reconstruction; Image resolution; Minimization; TV; Tomography; Medical imaging; fluorescence tomography; in-vivo imaging; molecular imaging; optical tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110755
  • Filename
    6110755