We present a novel approach that combines Monte Carlo simulations to propagate photons in a turbid media having the dynamics modelled using stochastic differential equations, resulting in simulating diffuse laser speckles for in-vivo blood flow imaging applications. The proposed method allows to model the tissue dynamics with a pre-defined probability density function and spatially varying autocorrelation.
Phantoms that accurately simulate in-vivo tissue properties are essential for the advancement of medical imaging methods. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to develop a fast and tunable dynamical phantom that mimics in-vivo blood flow, based on stochastic differential equations (SDE) and piezoelectric actuators. We validate the phantom using in-vivo human blood flow studies.
Laser speckle based superficial and deep tissue blood flow imaging is gaining interest with the advent of high speed cameras. Multi-exposure speckle intensity images are often utilized for this purpose, owing to the better quantification of flow. However, any uncertainty in selecting the required exposure range apriori and the data acquisition time associated with multi-exposure intensity measurements limit the temporal resolution of these systems. To address these concerns, we propose a deep learning-based imputation using Generative Adversarial Imputation Network (GAIN) to generate additional temporal samples from coarsely acquired multi-exposure speckle data. The feasibility of the proposed method has been verified by using simulations where the trade-off between temporal resolution and the accuracy of flow measurement is minimized.
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