OPTICAL IMAGING OF ANATOMICAL MAPS DERIVED FROM MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGES USING TIME-INDEPENDENT OPTICAL SOURCES

We present a model suitable for computing images of absorption cross s ections of thick tissue structures illuminated at near infrared (NIR) wavelengths from tomographic projection data, Image reconstruction is accomplished by solving a system of linear equations derived from tran sport theory, Reconstruction results using different algebraic solvers are shown for anatomical maps of the breast, derived from magnetic re sonance imaging data, containing two simulated pathologies, in which c ase qualitatively good reconstructions were obtained, Evaluation of ma gnetic resonance (MR) data to optimize NIR optical tomographic imaging methods and to assess the feasibility of a combined MR-optical measur ement scheme is discussed.