Title :
Computational aspects of diffuse optical tomography
Author :
Schweiger, Martin ; Gibson, Adam ; Arridge, Simon R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is a novel functional imaging modality for visualizing and continuously monitoring tissue and blood oxygenation levels, which is useful for brain imaging and tumor detection. Because of the nonlinearity of infrared light propagation in tissue, developing fast and robust reconstruction methods is the main challenge in making DOT a viable tool for clinical diagnostics.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; blood; brain; data visualisation; light propagation; medical diagnostic computing; optical tomography; patient monitoring; tumours; DOT; blood oxygenation levels; brain imaging; clinical diagnostics tool; computational aspects; continuous monitoring; diffuse optical tomography; functional imaging modality; infrared light propagation; robust reconstruction methods; tissue oxygenation levels; tumor detection; visualization; Blood; Brain; Monitoring; Optical computing; Optical imaging; Optical propagation; Tomography; Tumors; US Department of Transportation; Visualization;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCISE.2003.1238702
