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ArticleThe Review of scientific instruments2018

Design and characterization of a dead-time regime enhanced early photon projection imaging system.

L Sinha, M Fogarty, W Zhou, A Giudice, J G Brankov, K M Tichauer

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Article in The Review of scientific instruments, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

L SinhaBiomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.
M FogartyBiomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.
W ZhouElectrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.
A GiudiceMPD Micro-Photon-Devices, Via Stradivari 4, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0000000220759706
J G BrankovBiomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.
K M TichauerBiomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.ORCID 0000000316673026

Funding

New Class of Numerical Observers for Nuclear CardiologyR01HL091017 · NHLBI · ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BRANKOV, JOVAN G · 2008 to 2012
$2.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL091017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scattering of visible and near-infrared light in biological tissue reduces spatial resolution for imaging of tissues thicker than 100 μm. In this study, an optical projection imaging system is presented and characterized that exploits the dead-time characteristics typical of photon counting modules based on single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). With this system, it is possible to attenuate the detection of more scattered late-arriving photons, such that detection of less scattered early-arriving photons can be enhanced with increased light intensity, without being impeded by the maximum count rate of the SPADs. The system has the potential to provide transmittance-based anatomical information or fluorescence-based functional information (with slight modification in the instrumentation) of biological samples with improved resolution in the mesoscopic domain (0.1-2 cm). The system design, calibration, stability, and performance were evaluated using simulation and experimental phantom studies. The proposed system allows for the detection of very-rare early-photons at a higher frequency and with a better signal-to-noise ratio. The experimental results demonstrated over a 3.4-fold improvement in the spatial resolution using early photon detection vs. conventional detection, and a 1000-fold improvement in imaging time using enhanced early detection vs. conventional early photon detection in a 4-mm thick phantom with a tissue-equivalent absorption coefficient of μ

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CalibrationComputer SimulationEquipment DesignFluorescenceHumansLasersOptical ImagingPhantoms, ImagingPhotonsTime Factors

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PMID29716355
PMCPMC6910604

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