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    • Biomedical Optics
    • Medical Imaging
    • Computational Physics

    Background:

    • Linear reconstruction methods in diffuse optical tomography (DOT) typically require known background optical properties and reference measurements for accurate imaging.
    • Existing methods often struggle when optical property variations are significant or background properties are unknown.
    • The first-order Born approximation with an infinite space Green's function is a common basis for linear DOT reconstruction.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To examine error correction in linear DOT reconstruction when using a first-order Born approximation.
    • To investigate the performance of DOT in finite domains with potentially unknown background optical properties.
    • To compare conventional reference measurement correction with approximation error modeling.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a framework for approximation error modeling in linear DOT reconstruction.
    • Analyzed the relationship between reference measurement correction and error modeling.
    • Simulated DOT data on finite domains with unknown background optical properties.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated that approximation error modeling can effectively correct for errors in linear DOT reconstruction.
    • Showed that accurate DOT images can be generated even when background optical properties are unknown.
    • Validated the approach in scenarios where reference measurements are unavailable.

    Conclusions:

    • Approximation error modeling offers a robust alternative to conventional reference measurements for DOT.
    • This method enhances the applicability of linear DOT to more complex and realistic scenarios.
    • Improved image quality in DOT is achievable without prior knowledge of background optical properties.