Near-Infrared Center-of-Intensity Time Gated Imaging for Detection of a Target in a Highly Scattering Turbid Medium

Abstract

A near-infrared optical imaging approach for locating a target embedded in a turbid medium is introduced. The target localization is based on an analysis of the spatial variation of the transmitted-light intensity distribution for illumination at different positions on the sample boundary. The approach is used to detect, locate and generate images of absorbing targets embedded inside model scattering media of thickness approximately 50 times the transport mean free path of the medium, as well as, of ex vivo biological tissue specimens.

Keywords

Near-infrared imaging Time gated imaging Turbid medium Center of intensity Optical mammography.

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