Optical tomography: forward and inverse problems

SR Arridge, JC Schotland - Inverse problems, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This is a review of recent mathematical and computational advances in optical tomography.
We discuss the physical foundations of forward models for light propagation on microscopic …

Progress of near-infrared spectroscopy and topography for brain and muscle clinical applications

M Wolf, M Ferrari, V Quaresima - Journal of biomedical optics, 2007 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This review celebrates the 30th anniversary of the first in vivo near-infrared (NIR)
spectroscopy (NIRS) publication, which was authored by Professor Frans Jöbsis. At first …

Modified Beer-Lambert law for blood flow

WB Baker, AB Parthasarathy, DR Busch… - Biomedical optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We develop and validate a Modified Beer-Lambert law for blood flow based on diffuse
correlation spectroscopy (DCS) measurements. The new formulation enables blood flow …

Obtaining adequate surgical margins in breast-conserving therapy for patients with early-stage breast cancer: current modalities and future directions

RG Pleijhuis, M Graafland, J de Vries, J Bart… - Annals of surgical …, 2009 - Springer
Inadequate surgical margins represent a high risk for adverse clinical outcome in breast-
conserving therapy (BCT) for early-stage breast cancer. The majority of studies report …

Differentiation of benign and malignant breast tumors by in-vivo three-dimensional parallel-plate diffuse optical tomography

R Choe, SD Konecky, A Corlu, K Lee… - … of biomedical optics, 2009 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We have developed a novel parallel-plate diffuse optical tomography (DOT) system for three-
dimensional in vivo imaging of human breast tumor based on large optical data sets. Images …

Upconverting nanoparticles for pre‐clinical diffuse optical imaging, microscopy and sensing: Current trends and future challenges

CT Xu, Q Zhan, H Liu, G Somesfalean… - Laser & Photonics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are a class of recently developed luminescent
biomarkers that–in several aspects–are superior to organic dyes and quantum dots. UCNPs …

Performance assessment of time-domain optical brain imagers, part 1: basic instrumental performance protocol

H Wabnitz, DR Taubert, M Mazurenka… - … of biomedical optics, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Performance assessment of instruments devised for clinical applications is of key
importance for validation and quality assurance. Two new protocols were developed and …

Diffuse optical imaging

A Gibson, H Dehghani - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Diffuse optical imaging is a medical imaging technique that is beginning to move from the
laboratory to the hospital. It is a natural extension of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) …

There's plenty of light at the bottom: statistics of photon penetration depth in random media

F Martelli, T Binzoni, A Pifferi, L Spinelli, A Farina… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
We propose a comprehensive statistical approach describing the penetration depth of light
in random media. The presented theory exploits the concept of probability density function f …

A new class of optical sensors: a random laser based device

E Ignesti, F Tommasi, L Fini, F Martelli, N Azzali… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
In a random laser the optical feedback is provided by scattering rather than by an optical
cavity. Then, since its emission characteristics are very susceptible to the scattering details, it …