Finite-element-based higher order diffusion approximation of light propagation in tissues

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2389, Issue , 1995, Pages 608-614

  Jiang, Huabei ^a   Paulsen, Keith D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Higher order diffusion theory; Light propagation in tissues

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIFFUSION; HISTOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; DIFFUSION APPROXIMATIONS; EXACT ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; HIGHER-ORDER; LIGHT PROPAGATION IN TISSUE; MODELING LIGHT PROPAGATION; RECTANGULAR GEOMETRY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77954415192     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.210007     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. L For example, see Medical Optical Tomography: Functional Imaging and Monitoring, Muller at al (Eds), SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 1993.
2. 5 ', IEEE Trans. Biomed Engr., 36, 1162-1168, 1989.
3. V. G. Peters, D. R. Wyman, M. S. Patterson, G. L. Frank, "Optical properties of normal and diseased human breast tissues in the visible and near infrared", Phys. Med. Biol, 35, 1317-1334, 1990.
4. S. R. Arridge and M. Kaschke, Medical Optical Tomography: Functional Imaging and Monitoring, Muller at al (Eds), SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, pp. 31-33, 1993.
5. B. C. Wilson, E. M. Sevick, M. S. Patterson, B. Chance, "Time-dependent optical spectroscopy and imaging for biomedical applications", Proceedings of the IEEE, 80, 918-930, 1992.
6. A. Ishimaru, Wave Propagation and Scattering in Random Media, New York, Academic Press, 1978.
7. W. M. Star, "Comparing the p3-approximation with diffusion theory and with Monte Carlo calculations of light propagation in a slab geometry", SPIE: Dosimetry of Laser Radiation in Medicine and Biology, Vol IS 5, 146-154, 1989.
8. HJ. van Staveren, C. J. M. Moes, J. van Marie, S. A. Prahl, M. J. C. van Gemert, "Light scattering in Intralipid-10% in the wavelength range of 400-1100 nm", Applied Optics, 30, 4507-4514, 1991.
9. J. K. Fletcher, "The solution of the multigroup neutron transport equation using spherical harmonics", Nuclear Science an d Engineering, 84, 33-46, 1983.
10. J. K. Fletcher, "A solution of the multigroup transport equation using spherical harmonics", Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 15, 157-179, 1986.
11. S. R. Arridge, M. Schweiger, M. Hiraoka, D. T. Delpy, "A finite element approach for modeling photon transport in tissue", Medical Physics, 20, 299-309, 1993.
12. K. D. Paulsen, H. Jiang, "Spatially-varying optical property reconstruction using a finite element diffusion equation approximation", Medical Physics (in review), 1994.
13. H. Jiang, K. D. Paulsen, U. L. Osterberg, "Indirect optical image reconstruction with a cw He-Ne laser using simulated and experimental data", Phys. Med. Biol (in review), 1994.
14. J. B. Fishkin, P. T. C. So, A. E. Cerussi, S. Fantini, M. A. Franceschini, E. Gratton, "A frequency-domain method for measuring spectral properties in multiply scattering media: Methemoglobin absorption spectrum in a tissue-like phantom", Applied Optics (in press), 1994.