A novel finite-element-based algorithm for fluorescence molecular tomography of heterogeneous media

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 766-773

  Wang, Daifa ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Chen, Yanping ^a   Bai, Jing ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion equations; Finite element methods; Fluorescence; Optical tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; BOUNDARY NODES; DIFFERENTIAL SCHEME; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EMISSION LIGHT; FAST COMPUTATION SPEED; FINITE-ELEMENT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGE; FLUORESCENCE MOLECULAR TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE YIELD; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; INITIAL VALUES; LANDWEBER ITERATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STEP LENGTH;

ALGORITHMS; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; HEARING AIDS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PULSE MODULATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 70349421014     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2009.2015144     Document Type: Article

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