Improving performance of reflectance diffuse optical imaging using a multicentered mode

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Zhao, Qing ^a   Ji, Lijun ^a   Jiang, Tianzi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Diffuse optical imaging; Diffuse optical tomography; Image quality; Multicentered mode; Optical fibers arrangement

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO (CNR); DIFFUSE OPTICAL IMAGING; DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SEMI-INFINITE MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 33847291253     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2400703     Document Type: Article

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