title: Semi-three-dimensional algorithm for time-resolved diffuse optical tomography by use of the generalized pulse spectrum technique.
abstract: Although a foil three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction with both 3-D forward and inverse models provide, the optimal solution for diffuse optical tomography (DOT), because of the 3-D nature of photon diffusion in tissue, it is computationally costly for both memory requirement and execution time in a conventional computing environment. Thus in practice there is motivation to develop an image reconstruction algorithm with dimensional reduction based on some modeling approximations. Here we have implemented a semi-3-D modified generalized pulse spectrum technique for time-resolved DOT, where a two-dimensional (2-D) distribution of optical properties is approximately assumed, while we retain 3-D distribution of photon migration in tissue. We have validated the proposed algorithm by reconstructing 3-D structural test objects from both numerically simulated and experimental date. We demonstrate our algorithm by comparing it with the calibrated 2-D reconstruction that is in widespread use as a shortcut to 3-D imaging and proving that the semi-3-D algorithm outperforms the calibrated 2-D algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-2 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8564, Japan. gao-feng@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yukari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanikawa
authors.forename: Huijuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D014054:Tomography