Analyse und Optimierung eines optischen Tomografiesystems

Translated title of the contribution: Analysis and Optimization of an Optical Tomography System

Bernhard Haim

Research output: ThesisMaster's / Diploma thesis

Abstract

In the presented work an optical tomography system, which has been developed during a doctoral thesis, is in-depth analysed with measurements. The tomography system is based on a frequency-domain method; this means intensity modulated light is coupled into the surface of the medium under investigation. The detected signal, which is collected at a different surface location, is of the same frequency but amplitude damped and phase shifted. These amplitude ratios and phase differences, measured at several surface positions, contain information about the optical properties of the medium. Inhomogeneities that have absorption or scattering contrast to their surrounding medium can be detected. A characteristic of the measurement system is that it has just one source and one detector fibre which are integrated in a measurement-head and scan two dimensionally with a traction unit over the surface of the object. Measurements with specially produced technical (resin) phantoms and in-vivo analyses have been accomplished. The in-vivo measurements were focused on the detection of a known lipom in the forearm of a test person. Based on new insights some optimisations were put in place that simplify the operation of the tomography system and assure a high quality of the results. These include the programming of graphical user interfaces (GUI) for data aquisition and reconstruction and finding appropriate parameter sets to obtain optimal measurement and image reconstruction results.
Translated title of the contributionAnalysis and Optimization of an Optical Tomography System
Original languageGerman (Austria)
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2006

Fields of science

  • 202037 Signal processing
  • 203016 Measurement engineering
  • 205016 Materials testing

JKU Focus areas

  • Mechatronics and Information Processing

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