METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING USING COMBINED NEAR-INFRARED OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY, FLUORESCENT TOMOGRAPHY AND ULTRASOUND

Methods and apparatus for medical imaging using diffusive optical tomography and fluorescent diffusive optical tomography and ultrasound are disclosed. In one embodiment, the probe comprises emitters and detectors that are inclined at an angle of about 1 to about 30 degrees to a surface of the probe that contacts tissue. In another embodiment, the scanned volume is divided into an inclusion region and a background region. Different voxel sizes are used in the inclusion region and the background region. Appropriate algorithms facilitate a reconstruction of the inclusion region to determine structural and functional features of the inclusion.