TY - GEN
T1 - CW detection of weakly scattered light for transillumination imaging of thick body part
AU - Takagi, Kazuto
AU - Kakinuma, Hiroyuki
AU - Kato, Yuji
AU - Shimizu, Koichi
PY - 2009/12/31
Y1 - 2009/12/31
N2 - Transmitted light through a diffuse scattering medium includes strongly diffused light (SDL) and weakly scattered light (WSL). To realize clear transillumination imaging through thick body tissue, which is typically more than 10 mm, we developed a technique to extract the WSL component from diffused light. A diffuser is placed on the incident surface of a scattering medium. We can extract the WSL component by subtracting the light intensity at the output surface with a diffuser from that without a diffuser. In CW measurements using a 15-mm-thick scattering medium (reduced scattering coefficient μs' = 1.0/mm), the spatial intensity distribution of the scattered light at the output surface was confined to an approximately 50% area by the proposed technique. It was confirmed in a time-resolved measurement that the earlier time component with a smaller temporal spread was extracted by the proposed technique.
AB - Transmitted light through a diffuse scattering medium includes strongly diffused light (SDL) and weakly scattered light (WSL). To realize clear transillumination imaging through thick body tissue, which is typically more than 10 mm, we developed a technique to extract the WSL component from diffused light. A diffuser is placed on the incident surface of a scattering medium. We can extract the WSL component by subtracting the light intensity at the output surface with a diffuser from that without a diffuser. In CW measurements using a 15-mm-thick scattering medium (reduced scattering coefficient μs' = 1.0/mm), the spatial intensity distribution of the scattered light at the output surface was confined to an approximately 50% area by the proposed technique. It was confirmed in a time-resolved measurement that the earlier time component with a smaller temporal spread was extracted by the proposed technique.
KW - Biological imaging
KW - Light scattering
KW - Scattering suppression
KW - Transillumination imaging
KW - Weakly scattered light
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U2 - 10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5162568
DO - 10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5162568
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:72749122705
SN - 9781424429028
T3 - 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009
BT - 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009
Y2 - 11 June 2009 through 13 June 2009
ER -