A three-step reconstruction method for fluorescence molecular tomography based on compressive sensing

Yansong Zhu; Abhinav K. Jha; Jakob K. Dreyer; Hanh N. D. Le; Jin U. Kang; Per E. Roland; Dean F. Wong; Arman Rahmim

doi:10.1117/12.2252664

17 February 2017 A three-step reconstruction method for fluorescence molecular tomography based on compressive sensing

Yansong Zhu, Abhinav K. Jha, Jakob K. Dreyer, Hanh N. D. Le, Jin U. Kang, Per E. Roland, Dean F. Wong, Arman Rahmim

Proceedings Volume 10059, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue XII; 1005911 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252664
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) is a promising tool for real time in vivo quantification of neurotransmission (NT) as we pursue in our BRAIN initiative effort. However, the acquired image data are noisy and the reconstruction problem is ill-posed. Further, while spatial sparsity of the NT effects could be exploited, traditional compressive-sensing methods cannot be directly applied as the system matrix in FMT is highly coherent. To overcome these issues, we propose and assess a three-step reconstruction method. First, truncated singular value decomposition is applied on the data to reduce matrix coherence. The resultant image data are input to a homotopy-based reconstruction strategy that exploits sparsity via ℓ₁ regularization. The reconstructed image is then input to a maximum-likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) algorithm that retains the sparseness of the input estimate and improves upon the quantitation by accurate Poisson noise modeling. The proposed reconstruction method was evaluated in a three-dimensional simulated setup with fluorescent sources in a cuboidal scattering medium with optical properties simulating human brain cortex (reduced scattering coefficient: 9.2 cm⁻¹, absorption coefficient: 0.1 cm⁻¹ and tomographic measurements made using pixelated detectors. In different experiments, fluorescent sources of varying size and intensity were simulated. The proposed reconstruction method provided accurate estimates of the fluorescent source intensity, with a 20% lower root mean square error on average compared to the pure-homotopy method for all considered source intensities and sizes. Further, compared with conventional ℓ₂ regularized algorithm, overall, the proposed method reconstructed substantially more accurate fluorescence distribution. The proposed method shows considerable promise and will be tested using more realistic simulations and experimental setups.

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Yansong Zhu, Abhinav K. Jha, Jakob K. Dreyer, Hanh N. D. Le, Jin U. Kang, Per E. Roland, Dean F. Wong, and Arman Rahmim "A three-step reconstruction method for fluorescence molecular tomography based on compressive sensing", Proc. SPIE 10059, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue XII, 1005911 (17 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252664

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