Patent ID: 8326406
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for optical tomography of an object, the system comprising: one or more light sources configured to direct light into the object; one or more light detectors configured to detect light having traveled through the object and in free space about the object to the one or more detectors, wherein the one or more light detectors are disposed substantially opposite from a side of the object into which light is directed from the one or more light sources; a surface-capture system configured to generate a surface model of at least a portion of the surface of the object; a model processor configured to provide one or more optical models associated with the surface model, wherein the one or more optical models accounts for propagation of light in free space between the object and the one or more detectors; and a solution processor configured to process data corresponding to the detected light using the one or more optical models to provide a tomographic image of the object.