Patent ID: 7236201

Claim:
A method of generating an image of a region in a turbid medium, comprising the steps of: illuminating a first plurality of locations along a first line in a turbid medium using beams of light; focusing a camera having a field-of-view (FOV) such that said first plurality of locations reside within said FOV wherein a first image is generated; illuminating a second plurality of locations along a second line in said turbid medium using beams of light, said second line being displaced relative to said first line; focusing said camera such that said second plurality of locations reside within said FOV wherein a second image is generated; illuminating a third plurality of locations along a third line in said turbid medium using beams of light, said third line being displaced relative to said first line and said second line with said second line being between said first line and said third line; focusing said camera such that said third plurality of locations reside within said FOV wherein a third image is generated; and subtracting, in terms of amplitude associated therewith, a portion of each of said first image and said third image from the entirety of said second image, wherein a resulting image is generated.