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A comprehensive study of the use of temporal moments in time-resolved diffuse optical tomography: part I. Theoretical material

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The problem of fluorescence diffuse optical tomography consists in localizing fluorescent markers from near-infrared light measurements. Among the different available acquisition modalities, the time-resolved modality is expected to provide measurements of richer information content. To extract this information, the moments of the time-resolved measurements are often considered. In this paper, a theoretical analysis of the moments of the forward problem in fluorescence diffuse optical tomography is proposed for the infinite medium geometry. The moments are expressed as a function of the source, detector and markers positions as well as the optical properties of the medium and markers. Here, for the first time, an analytical expression holding for any moments order is mathematically derived. In addition, analytical expressions of the mean, variance and covariance of the moments in the presence of noise are given. These expressions are used to demonstrate the increasing sensitivity of moments to noise. Finally, the newly derived expressions are illustrated by means of sensitivity maps. The physical interpretation of the analytical formulae in conjunction with their map representations could provide new insights into the analysis of the information content provided by moments.
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hal-00872352 , version 1 (11-10-2013)

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N. Ducros, L. Hervé, A. da Silva, J.-M. Dinten, F. Peyrin. A comprehensive study of the use of temporal moments in time-resolved diffuse optical tomography: part I. Theoretical material. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2009, 54 (23), pp.7089-7105. ⟨10.1088/0031-9155/54/23/004⟩. ⟨hal-00872352⟩
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