Analytical model for dual-interfering sources diffuse optical tomography.

An analytical model to perform tomographic reconstructions for absorptive inclusions in highly scattering media using dual interfering sources was derived. A perturbation approach within the first order Rytov expansion was used to solve the heterogeneous diffusion equation. Analytical weight functions necessary to solve the inverse problem were obtained. The reconstructions performance was assessed using simulated data of breast-like media after contrast agent enhancement. We further investigated the reconstruction quality as a function of object depth location, modulation frequency and source separation. The ability of the algorithm to resolve multi-objects was also demonstrated.