Imaging of scattering media by diffusion tomography: an iterative perturbation approach

Yao Wang; Jeng-Hua Chang; Raphael Aronson; Randall Locke Barbour; Harry L. Graber; Jack Lubowsky

doi:10.1117/12.59372

6 May 1992 Imaging of scattering media by diffusion tomography: an iterative perturbation approach

Yao Wang, Jeng-Hua Chang, Raphael Aronson, Randall Locke Barbour, Harry L. Graber, Jack Lubowsky

Proceedings Volume 1641, Physiological Monitoring and Early Detection Diagnostic Methods; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59372
Event: OE/LASE '92, 1992, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes an iterative perturbation approach for imaging the absorption properties of a dense scattering medium. This method iteratively adjusts a current estimate until the calculated photon fluxes for the estimated medium match the detected readings. The inverse update in each iteration is accomplished by solving a linear perturbation equation. It is similar to the compensation theory method used in electrical impedance tomography. A comparison was made between the methods of conjugate gradient descent and projection onto convex sets for the solution of the perturbation equation. The former converges more rapidly, but can yield an inaccurate solution where the problem is underdetermined. The latter can incorporate many types of a priori information to reach a correct solution, but progresses very slowly. A multi-grid, progressive reconstruction technique is proposed, which computes the fine details with the help of the coarse structure. It is quite effective in forcing the correct solution and reducing computation time. These methods have been used to reconstruct several inhomogeneous media containing simple structures, from steady-state reflectance data. Two sets of data are tested: one calculated according to the perturbation model, and the other using Monte-Carlo methods. When the difference between the absorption distributions of the test medium and the initial estimate is localized, a single step of the perturbation approach can resolve the absorption distribution reasonably well to within 5 transport mean free pathlengths from the surface. At greater depths, the reconstruction is less reliable.

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Yao Wang, Jeng-Hua Chang, Raphael Aronson, Randall Locke Barbour, Harry L. Graber, and Jack Lubowsky "Imaging of scattering media by diffusion tomography: an iterative perturbation approach", Proc. SPIE 1641, Physiological Monitoring and Early Detection Diagnostic Methods, (6 May 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59372

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