Phantoms for diffuse optical imaging based on totally absorbing objects, part 1: Basic concepts

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Martelli, Fabrizio ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^b   Contini, Davide ^b   Spinelli, Lorenzo ^c   Torricelli, Alessandro ^b   Wabnitz, Heidrun ^d   MacDonald, Rainer ^d   Sassaroli, Angelo ^e   Zaccanti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IFN CNR   (Italy)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^e Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

optical clinical instrumentation; optical inhomogeneous phantoms

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INSTRUMENTATION; DIFFUSE OPTICAL IMAGING; EQUIVALENCE RELATIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS PHANTOM; INTERPOLATING FUNCTIONS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERTURBATION STRENGTH; ABSORPTION CHANGES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; GRADING;

OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; TIME; PROCEDURES;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878093512     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.6.066014     Document Type: Article

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