title: Real time optical method for localization of inclusions embedded in turbid media.
abstract: A simple and fast time-domain method for localizing inclusions, fluorescent optical probes or absorbers, is presented. The method offers new possibilities for situations where complete tomographic measurements are not permitted by the examined object, for example in endoscopic examination of the human prostate or the oesophagus. Feasibility has been envisioned with a phantom study conducted on a point-like fluorochrome embedded in a diffusing medium mimicking the optical properties of biological tissues.
authors.affiliation: CEA, LETI, micro-Technologies for Biology and Healthcare Division, 17 rue des Martyrs, F38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. anabela.dasilva@fresnel.fr
authors.forename: Anabela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Djaker
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ducros
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dinten
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rizo
mesh_terms: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D013499:Surface Properties; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes