Utilising the coupled radiative transfer - diffusion model in diffuse optical tomography

Tanja Tarvainen; Ville Kolehmainen; Ossi Lehtikangas; Jari P. Kaipio; Simon R. Arridge

doi:10.1117/12.2031632

14 June 2013 Utilising the coupled radiative transfer - diffusion model in diffuse optical tomography

Tanja Tarvainen, Ville Kolehmainen, Ossi Lehtikangas, Jari P. Kaipio, Simon R. Arridge

Proceedings Volume 8799, Diffuse Optical Imaging IV; 879907 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2031632
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2013, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The coupled radiative transfer - diffusion model can be used as light transport model in turbid media with non-diffusive regions. In the coupled radiative transfer - diffusion model, light propagation is modelled with the radiative transfer equation in sub-domains in which the approximations of the diffusion equation are not valid and the diffusion approximation is used elsewhere in the domain. In this work, the image reconstruction problem of diffuse optical tomography utilising the coupled radiative transfer - diffusion model is considered. Absorption and scattering distributions are estimated using the coupled radiative transfer - diffusion model as a forward model for light propagation. The results are compared to reconstructions obtained using other light transport models. The results show that the coupled radiative transfer - diffusion model can produce as good estimates for absorption and scattering as the full radiative transfer equation also in situations in which the approximations of the diffusion equation are not valid.

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Tanja Tarvainen, Ville Kolehmainen, Ossi Lehtikangas, Jari P. Kaipio, and Simon R. Arridge "Utilising the coupled radiative transfer - diffusion model in diffuse optical tomography", Proc. SPIE 8799, Diffuse Optical Imaging IV, 879907 (14 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2031632

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