Patent ID: 7983740

Claim:
An imaging system for diffuse optical tomography comprising: a plurality of light sources, each light source being connected to a separate, isolated digitally controlled power source and being isolated from each other light source; a plurality of light conduits connected to the plurality of light sources; an optode grid attachable to a portion of a human subject, wherein the optode grid is connected to the plurality of light conduits; a plurality of detector channels connected to the optode grid for receiving light from the plurality of light sources after interacting with the human subject; a plurality of light detectors, each light detector being coupled to only one of the detector channels for instantaneously detecting light received by its coupled channel, each light detector having a separate, isolated power source; and a plurality of analog to digital converters (ADCs), each ADC connected to only one light detector and converting signals from its connected light detector into a separate digital signals for use in imaging.