Optimal Analysis Method for Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Diffuse Optical Tomography

Table 1

The summary of five analysis methods for phantom studies.

Method		No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4
64 A+Φ	64 amplitude + 64 phase	64A+Φ	64 A	64 A	64 A
64 A	64 amplitude
𝜇a+𝜇𝑠^′	both 𝜇a and 𝜇^′𝑠 reconstructed	𝜇𝑎+𝜇^′𝑠	𝜇𝑎	𝜇𝑎	𝜇𝑎
𝜇𝑎	only 𝜇𝑎 is reconstructed
Decoup	Decoupling technique is used	—	—	Decoup	—
DOT	ROI is obtained from DOT	DOT	DOT	DOT	MRI
MR	ROI is obtained from MRI
MR priori	MR structural a priori is used	—	—	—	MR a priori