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    • Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography (FDOT) is an emerging molecular imaging technique.
    • FDOT reconstructs fluorophore concentration using near-infrared light and boundary measurements.
    • Image reconstruction in FDOT is an ill-posed inverse problem due to limited data and numerous unknowns.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To improve the reconstruction of sparse fluorophore concentrations in FDOT.
    • To leverage the compressive sensing (CS) framework for designing optimal light illumination and detection patterns.
    • To address the ill-posed nature of FDOT image reconstruction.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a compressive sensing (CS) framework to design light illumination and detection patterns.
    • Implemented simultaneous multi-time illumination with filtered boundary measurements, differing from conventional sequential illumination.
    • Analyzed the FDOT sensing matrix structure, expressing it as a Kronecker product to derive relationships for reducing forward matrix incoherence.

    Main Results:

    • Developed novel optical intensity (illumination) patterns and a linear filter (detection) pattern.
    • Demonstrated that the FDOT sensing matrix can be decomposed using Kronecker products.
    • Showed significant improvements in reconstructing sparse fluorophore concentration maps via numerical simulations and phantom experiments.

    Conclusions:

    • CS-based illumination and detection patterns enhance FDOT image reconstruction accuracy for sparse targets.
    • The developed methods effectively reduce the incoherence of the FDOT forward matrix.
    • This approach offers a promising strategy for improved molecular imaging with FDOT.