Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
Volume 16, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
SPIE-SOC PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1117/1.3662455
Keywords
fluorescence; US; reconstruction; imaging; tomography; prior information; artherosclerosis
Funding
- NSERC
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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In this paper, we present a dual-modality imaging system combining three-dimensional (3D) continuous-wave transillumination fluorescence tomography with 3D ultrasound (US) imaging. We validated the system with two phantoms, one containing fluorescent inclusions (Cy5.5) at different depths, and another varying-thickness semicylindrical phantom. Using raster scanning, the combined fluorescence/US system was used to collect the boundary fluorescent emission in the X-Y plane, as well as recovered the 3D surface and position of the inclusions from US signals. US images were segmented to provide soft priors for the fluorescence image reconstruction. Phantom results demonstrated that with priors derived from the US images, the fluorescent reconstruction quality was significantly improved. As further evaluation, we show pilot in vivo results using an Apo-E mouse to assess the feasibility and performance of this system in animal studies. Limitations and potential to be used in artherosclerosis studies are then discussed. (C) 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [DOI: 10.1117/1.3662455]
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