Abstract
Diffuse optical topography has excellent features as a noninvasive method that provides 2D location information of cortical activity. However, it cannot distinguish the activation depth. We propose an image reconstruction algorithm that suppresses undesirable effects of skin circulation. It comprises a filtering algorithm that extracts target signals from observation data contaminated by disturbing signals and a 2D visualizing process. Computer simulations revealed its excellent performance. We developed a depth selective diffuse optical topography system prototype and performed phantom experiments. Our algorithm significantly suppressed the influence of the disturbing body in the shallow plane with minimal degradation of the target signal.
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