Three-dimensional angular domain optical projection tomography

Eldon Ng; Fartash Vasefi; Michael Roumeliotis; Bozena Kaminska; Jeffrey J. L. Carson

doi:10.1117/12.875828

17 February 2011 Three-dimensional angular domain optical projection tomography

Eldon Ng, Fartash Vasefi, Michael Roumeliotis, Bozena Kaminska, Jeffrey J. L. Carson

Proceedings Volume 7897, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXII; 78970V (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875828
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Angular Domain Imaging (ADI) has been previously demonstrated to generate projection images of attenuating targets embedded within a turbid medium. The imaging system employs a silicon micro-tunnel array positioned between the sample and the detection system to reject scattered photons that have deviated from the initial propagation direction and to select for ballistic and quasi-ballistic photons that have retained their forward trajectory. Two dimensional tomographic images can be reconstructed from ADI projections collected at a multitude of angles. The objective of this work was to extend the system to three dimensions by collecting several tomographic images and stacking the reconstructed slices to generate a three dimensional volume representative of the imaging target. A diode laser (808nm, CW) with a beam expander was used to illuminate the sample cuvette. An Angular Filter Array (AFA) of 80 μm × 80 μm square-shaped tunnels 2 cm in length was used to select for image forming quasi-ballistic photons. Images were detected with a linear CCD. Our approach was to use a SCARA robot to rotate and translate the sample to collect sufficient projections to reconstruct a three dimensional volume. A custom designed 3D target consisting of 4 truncated cones was imaged and reconstructed with filtered backprojection and iterative methods. A 0.5 mm graphite rod was used to collect the forward model, while a truncated pseudoinverse was used to approximate the backward model for the iterative algorithm.

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Eldon Ng, Fartash Vasefi, Michael Roumeliotis, Bozena Kaminska, and Jeffrey J. L. Carson "Three-dimensional angular domain optical projection tomography", Proc. SPIE 7897, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXII, 78970V (17 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875828

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