Improvement of transcutaneous fluorescent images with a depth-dependent point-spread function
Applied Optics, Vol. 44, Issue 11, pp. 2154-2161 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.44.002154
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Abstract
The point-spread function (PSF) for transcutaneous fluorescent imaging was obtained as an analytical solution in a closed form. It is applicable to cases in which the optical property of the image-blurring turbid medium is considered to be fairly homogeneous. We proposed a technique to improve a transcutaneous image by using depth-dependent PSF. Contrast of the fluorescent image was improved for depths of 1-15 mm in a scattering medium (µ_s' = 1/mm). The visible depth was more than doubled with this technique. An experiment with a rat demonstrated considerable improvement of a transcutaneous image of the cerebral vein at a specified depth. The spread image of the heart was reduced to the correct size by use of the PSF with the actual depth of the heart.
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OCIS Codes
(100.1830) Image processing : Deconvolution
(100.3020) Image processing : Image reconstruction-restoration
(170.3010) Medical optics and biotechnology : Image reconstruction techniques
(170.3660) Medical optics and biotechnology : Light propagation in tissues
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(170.7050) Medical optics and biotechnology : Turbid media
Citation
Koichi Shimizu, Koji Tochio, and Yuji Kato, "Improvement of transcutaneous fluorescent images with a depth-dependent point-spread function," Appl. Opt. 44, 2154-2161 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-44-11-2154
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