title: Time-resolved Fourier optical diffuse tomography.
abstract: Time-resolved Fourier optical diffuse tomography is a novel approach for imaging of objects in a highly scattering turbid medium with use of an incident (near) plane wave. The theory of the propagation of spatial Fourier components of the scattered wave field is presented, along with a fast algorithm for three-dimensional reconstruction in a parallel planar geometry. Examples of successful reconstructions of simulated hidden absorptive or scattering objects embedded inside a human-tissue-like semi-infinite turbid medium are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The City College, Graduate Center of City University of New York, NY 10031, USA. minxu@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lax
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Alfano
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013997:Time Factors; D014054:Tomography