title: Time-resolved white light transillumination for optical imaging.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a new breast-imaging method with the potential of multi-spectral optical transillumination based on a time-resolved technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  A breast phantom was irradiated with ultra-short laser pulses of white light generated by self-phase modulation of an incident high-power laser pulse in water. Time-resolved detection of the transmitted light was performed. Contrast resolution was studied using different absorbers located inside the breast phantom.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results showed that simultaneous, multi-spectral transillumination is possible. The technique can also be used for measurements of optical properties in tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jarlman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andersson-Engels
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Svanberg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pettersson
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D013997:Time Factors; D014172:Transillumination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012117:Resins, Synthetic; C010102:delrin