Absorber's Effect Projected Directly above Improves Spatial Resolution in Near Infrared Backscattered Imaging

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-86

  Takatsuki, Akira ^a,b   Eda, Hideo ^b   Yanagida, Toshio ^a,b,c   Seiyama, Akitoshi ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backscattered imaging; Brain science; Near infrared light; Polyacetar phantom; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 1842631241     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.54.79     Document Type: Article

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