Abstract
The accuracy of images obtained by Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) could be substantially increased by the newly developed time resolved (TR) cameras. These devices result in unprecedented data volumes, which present a challenge to conventional image reconstruction techniques. In addition, many clinical applications require taking photons in air regions like the trachea into account, where the diffusion model fails. Image reconstruction techniques based on photon tracking are mandatory in those cases but have not been implemented so far due to computing demands. We aimed at designing an inversion algorithm which could be implemented on commercial graphics processing units (GPUs) by making use of information obtained with other imaging modalities. The method requires a segmented volume and an approximately uniform value for the reduced scattering coefficient in the volume under study. The complex photon path is reduced to a small number of partial path lengths within each segment resulting in drastically reduced memory usage and computation time. Our approach takes advantage of wavelength normalized data which renders it robust against instrumental biases and skin irregularities which is critical for realistic clinical applications. The accuracy of this method has been assessed with both simulated and experimental inhomogeneous phantoms showing good agreement with target values. The simulation study analyzed a phantom containing a tumor next to an air region. For the experimental test, a segmented cuboid phantom was illuminated by a supercontinuum laser and data were gathered by a state of the art TR camera. Reconstructions were obtained on a GPU-installed computer in less than 2 h. To our knowledge, it is the first time Monte Carlo methods have been successfully used for DOT based on TR cameras. This opens the door to applications such as accurate measurements of oxygenation in neck tumors where the presence of air regions is a problem for conventional approaches.
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This work was supported by the SwissTransMed project ONIRIUS, Swiss Cancer Research project KFS-3732-08-2015, KFSP Tumor Oxygenation and KFSP Molecular Imaging Network Zurich of the University of Zurich, and by the National Competence Center for Biomedical Imaging.
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Jiang, J., Ahnen, L., Kalyanov, A., Lindner, S., Wolf, M., Majos, S.S. (2017). A New Method Based on Graphics Processing Units for Fast Near-Infrared Optical Tomography. In: Halpern, H., LaManna, J., Harrison, D., Epel, B. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXXIX. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 977. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55231-6_26
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