Diffuse optical imaging corrected for boundary effects
US8243283B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/0073
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of optically imaging an object includes the determination of a source point and a destination point within the object. Planar boundaries are selected that approximate a geometrical shape of the object, and virtual sources are found using a reflection of the original source through the boundaries. Subsequent reflections of the added sources may be used to find higher order sources. Contributions to an optical transfer function from each of the added sources are added to determine a cumulative optical transfer function until a convergence limit is reached. The resulting optical transfer function is more accurate than the original in that it takes boundary phenomena into consideration.
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