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  • Biomedical Optics
  • Medical Imaging
  • Optical Tomography

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  • Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is used for prostate tissue imaging.
  • Endoscopic and interstitial DOT geometries have distinct characteristics.
  • A direct comparison of their impact on image reconstruction quality is lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively compare endoscopic and interstitial DOT geometries.
  • To evaluate the effect of source-detector configurations and measurement strategies on image quality.
  • To determine optimal configurations for accurate 3D prostate imaging.

Main Methods:

  • Mathematical phantoms were used to analyze Jacobian sensitivity matrices and reconstructed images.
  • Singular value analysis evaluated source-detector configurations and measurement numbers.
  • In-plane and off-plane measurement strategies were examined for both geometries.

Main Results:

  • Interstitial DOT outperformed endoscopic DOT for deeper anomalies.
  • 2D reconstruction requires 8 sources/8 detectors (endoscopic) and 6 sources/12 detectors (interstitial).
  • 3D interstitial DOT accuracy significantly improved with off-plane measurements; endoscopic showed slight improvement.

Conclusions:

  • Interstitial DOT is more effective for imaging deeper prostate tissues.
  • Specific source-detector configurations are sufficient for 2D reconstruction.
  • Off-plane measurements are crucial for enhancing 3D interstitial DOT accuracy.