Simulated parametric studies in optical imaging of tumors through temporal log-slope difference mapping

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1142-1148

  Guo, Zhixiong ^a   Wan, Siew Kan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption contrast; Optical imaging; Temporal log slope; Tumor detection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ABSORPTION CONTRAST; OPTICAL IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOG-SLOPE; TUMOR DETECTION; TUMOR SIZE;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFRARED RAYS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35748936423     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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