Method for reconstructing a fluorescence-enhanced optic tomography image of an object with any outline
US7652764B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/006
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The method enables a heterogeneous object containing fluorophores to be examined. A first face of the object is illuminated with an excitation light exciting the fluorophores. The light emitted by a second face of the object, opposite the first face, is detected by means of a matrix of detectors. The fluorophore distribution is determined by means of relevant Green's functions each associated with a selected source and/or detector, able to be assimilated to a point of the surface of the object. Thus, a first spatial coordinate of each of the relevant Green's functions corresponds to a point of the first face of the object and/or a second spatial coordinate of each of the relevant Green's functions corresponds to a point of the second face of the object.
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