Methodology and apparatus for diffuse photon imaging
Non-invasive near infrared optical medical imaging devices for both hematoma detection in the brain and early tumor detection in the breast is achieved using image reconstruction which allows a mapping of the position dependent contrast diffusive propagation constants, which are related to the optical absorption coefficient and scattering coefficient in the tissue, at near infrared wavelengths. Spatial resolutions in the range of 5 mm for adult brain sizes and breast sizes can be achieved. The image reconstruction utilizes WKB approximation on most probable diffusion paths which has as lowest order approximation the straight line-of-sight between the plurality of sources and the plurality of detectors. The WKB approximation yields a set of linear equations in which the contrast optical absorption coefficients are the unknowns and for which signals can be generated to produce a pixel map of the contrast optical resolution of the scanned tissue. 58 figs.
- Research Organization:
- University of California
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-88ER45378
- Assignee:
- Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5,694,938/A/
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-483,329; CNN: Grant N00014-92-J-4004
- OSTI ID:
- 563681
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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