title: Optical tomography: experimental verification of noise theory.
abstract: Optical absorption tomography is used to map the iodine-vapor density in a plane. Two-dimensional images are obtained with 1-cm spatial resolution by using a fan-beam geometry with a 56-cm-diameter source circle. Experimental results confirm a theoretical analysis of noise in the reconstructed image, including the effects of correlated noise, position within the image, and spatial averaging.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Byer