Inverse Problems Group

Optical tomography

Overview

Optical (diffusion) tomography (OT) is an imaging method which produces spatial maps of the absorption and scattering coefficients within the object based on transmission measurements of visible or near infrared (NIR) light made on the boundary of the object. OT has potential applications in medical imaging, for example, in detection of breast cancer, monitoring of infant brain tissue oxygenation levels, and functional brain activation studies. Possible applications of OT in industry include industrial process tomography, for example, monitoring of pulp mixture flows in pipelines in paper industry.

For more detailed and inclusive information on optical tomography, see the UCL Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory's optical tomography site.

People working on OT

Professor	Kaipio Jari, Ph.D.
Research director	Vauhkonen Marko, Ph.D.
Researcher	Kolehmainen Ville, Ph.D.
Researcher	Tarvainen Tanja, Ph.D.