Characterization of tissue optical properties for prostate PDT using interstitial diffuse optical tomography

Xing Liang, Ken Kang Hsin Wang, Timothy C. Zhu

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Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an important treatment modality for localized diseases such as prostate cancer. In prostate PDT, light distribution is an important factor because it is directly related to treatment efficacy. During PDT, light distribution is determined by tissue optical property distributions (or heterogeneity). In this study, an interstitial diffuse optical tomography (iDOT) method was used to characterize optical properties in tissues. Optical properties (absorption and reduced scattering coefficients) of the prostate gland were reconstructed by solving the inverse problem using an adjoint model based on diffusion equation using a modified matlab public user code NIRFAST. In the modified NIRFAST method, linear sources were modeled for the reconstruction. Cross talking between absorption coefficients and reduced scattering coefficients were studied to have minimal effect, and a constrained optical property method (set either absorption coefficient or reduced scattering coefficient to be homogeneous) is also studied. A prostate phantom with optical anomalies was used to verify the iDOT method. The reconstructed results were compared with the known optical properties, and the spatial distribution of optical properties for this phantom was successfully reconstructed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationOptical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection
Subtitle of host publicationMechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXI
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventOptical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXI - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Jan 21 2012Jan 22 2012

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume8210
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceOptical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXI
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period1/21/121/22/12

Keywords

  • Diffuse optical tomography
  • Optical property
  • Photodynamic therapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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