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Choice of wavelengths for multiwavelength optical imaging

  • US 6,694,159 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2001
  • Issued: 02/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a method of optical imaging of a turbid media using a plurality of discrete wavelengths in an optical imaging system, a method of optimizing system parameters comprising the steps of:

  • selecting a set of chromophores for characterizing a property of the turbid media;

    defining parameters of the system including at least a number of said discrete wavelengths, a value of each of said wavelengths, source power and detector aperture for each of said wavelengths, a choice of image algorithm and source/detector geometries, a choice of source and detector and noise characteristics;

    fixing a value of all of said parameters except a plurality of said parameters of the system to be optimized; and

    determining an optimal value for each of said parameter values to be optimized as a function of a performance of the system in measuring a concentration of said chromophores in said turbid media for characterizing said property as a whole.

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