Biomedical Image Processing / Medical Image Processing
Maede Hadinia; Reza Jafari
Volume 4, Issue 4 , June 2010, , Pages 317-326
Abstract
This paper presents image reconstruction in Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) using a high-order finite element method. DOT is a non-invasive imaging modality for visualizing and continuously monitoring tissue and blood oxygenation levels in brain and breast. Image reconstruction in DOT leads to an inverse ...
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This paper presents image reconstruction in Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) using a high-order finite element method. DOT is a non-invasive imaging modality for visualizing and continuously monitoring tissue and blood oxygenation levels in brain and breast. Image reconstruction in DOT leads to an inverse problem consisting of a forward problem and an iterative algorithm. The inverse problem in DOT systems is ill posed and depends on the accuracy of the forward problem. An accurate model, that describes the light transmission in tissue is required and can increase the spatial resolution. Using first order finite elements in the forward problem, numerical results are converged to the exact solution with increasing the number of elements. However, increasing the number of elements may cause a critical issue in the ill-posed inverse problem. This paper focuses on applying the high-order finite element method without increasing the number of elements, and image reconstruction is accomplished. The forward problem results are compared with analytical solutions. Images of absorbers reconstructed using this method are presented.