title: Non-PET functional imaging techniques: optical.
abstract: The strong and steady development of diffuse optical spectroscopy and tomography as new biomedical optics technologies promises to bring these optical techniques into clinical practice. This article provides a brief review of the light-tissue interaction, the instrumentation, and the theory relevant to this field. This is followed by a survey of the three main applications: brain imaging, muscle imaging, and breast imaging. Lastly, the future outlook of the technology is presented, highlighting the new promises based on recent breakthroughs.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Optical Imaging, Advanced Research Technologies (ART), 2300 Alfred-Nobel Boulevard, Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4S 2A4, Canada. xintes@art.ca
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Intes
authors.forename: Britton
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chance
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004867:Equipment Design; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology