SPIE '95 - Inverse Problems

Experimental and Numerical Methods for Solving Ill-Posed Inverse Problems:
Medical and Nonmedical Applications

Conference Chairs

Randall L. Barbour, SUNY/Brooklyn
Mark J. Carvlin, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Michael A. Fiddy, Univ. of Massachusetts/Lowell

Program Committee

David Isaacson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Norman J. McCormick, Univ. of Washington
Michael V. Klibanov, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte
Christopher R. Johnson, Univ. of Utah
Robert V. McGahan, Rome Lab

Technical Conference 2570
Monday-Tuesday 10-11 July 1995
SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2570

Monday 10 July
SESSION 1 .... Mon. 8:00 to 9:40 am
Imaging Modalities I
Chair: Randall L. Barbour, SUNY Health Science Ctr./Brooklyn

• Inverse solutions for electric field imaging of the brain, D. Weinstein, C. R. Johnson, Univ. of Utah .... [2570-01]
• Unified fully 3D SPECT reconstruction algorithm based on analytical expressions for the photon detection kernel, F. J. Beekman, C. Kamphuis, M. A. Viergever, Utrecht Univ. Hospital (The Netherlands) .... [2570-02]
• Detection of leukemia using electromagnetic waves (Invited Paper), D. Colton, Univ. of Delaware .... [2570-03]
• Imaging of strongly scattering objects using a nonlinear filtering technique, J. B. Morris, Rome Lab.; D. A. Pommet, M. A. Fiddy, Univ. of Massachusetts/Lowell; R. V. McGahan, Rome Lab. .... [2570-04]
• Imaging from back scattered data from strongly scattering targets, D. A. Pommet, M. A. Fiddy, Univ. of Massachusetts/Lowell; U. H. Lammers, R. A. Marr, R. V. McGahan, Rome Lab. .... [2570-05]

SESSION 2 .... Mon. 9:40 am to Noon
Imaging Modalities II
Chair: Michael A. Fiddy, Univ. of Massachusetts/Lowell

• Explicit inverse radiative transfer algorithm for estimating the spatial distributions of embedded sources from external radiance measurements, L. J. Holl, N. J. McCormick, Univ. of Washington .... [2570-06]
• MR-assisted optical tomography, S. S. Barbour, Bioimaging Sciences Corp.; R. L. Barbour, J. Chang, P. C. Koo, SUNY Health Science Ctr./Brooklyn .... [2570-07]
• Electric images of thinking in the human brain: avoiding an ill-conditioned problem (Invited Paper), A. Gevins, EEG Systems Lab. .... [2570-08]
• Fluorescence optical tomography, R. L. Barbour, H. L. Graber, SUNY Health Science Ctr./Brooklyn; R. Aronson, Bioimaging Sciences Corp.; J. Chang, SUNY Health Science Ctr./Brooklyn .... [2570-09]
• Inverse methods for the retrieval of ionospheric model parameters, D. W. Schulze, Univ. of Arizona .... [2570-10]

Lunch Break

SESSION 3 .... Mon. 1:30 to 3:20 pm
Methods for Solving Ill-Posed Problems I
Chair: David Isaacson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Geometry and ill-posed inverse problems (Invited Paper), P. C. Sabatier, Univ. de Montpellier II (France) .... [2570-11]
• Convergent algorithms in diffusion tomography, M. V. Klibanov, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte .... [2570-12]
• Image reconstruction of targets in strongly scattering media using born iterative method, Y. Yao, Y. Wang, W. Zhu, Polytechnic Univ.; J. Chang, H. L. Graber, R. L. Barbour, SUNY Health Science Ctr./Brooklyn .... [2570-13]
• Estimation of smooth integral functions in emission tomography, A. Kuruc, Lawrence Berkeley Lab. .... [2570-14]
• Trade-off between measurement residual and reconstruction error in inverse problems with prior information, P. Hughett, Lawrence Berkeley Lab. .... [2570-15]

SESSION 4 .... Mon. 3:50 to 5:50 pm
Methods for Solving Ill-Posed Problems II
Chair: N. J. McCormick, Univ. of Washington

• Problems in electrical impedance imaging, D. Isaacson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute .... [2570-16]
• General solution to an inverse problem for the diffusion approximation of the radiative transfer equation, V. S. Ladyzhets, Florida International Univ. .... [2570-17]
• Regularization technique for restoration of x-ray fluoroscopic images, R. A. Close, J. S. Whiting, Cedars-Sinai Medical Ctr. .... [2570-18]
• Numerical study of nonlinear inverse problems for active suppression for harmonic acoustic fields: antiphase noise reduction, G. V. Alekseev, E. N. Martinenko, E. G. Komarov, Institute of Applied Mathematics (Russia) .... [2570-19]
• Regularization of inverse problems of microwave tomography in medicine, V. P. Yakubov, Y. K. Tarabrin, M. L. Masharuev, Tomsk State Univ. (Russia) .... [2570-20]
• Deconvolution of SPECT images using morphological information, M. Gambaro, Univ. of Genoa (Italy); A. Schenone, National Institute for Cancer Research (Italy); M. Bertero, P. Boccacci, Univ. of Genoa (Italy) .... [2570-21]

Tuesday 11 July
SESSION 5 .... Tues. 8:00 to 10:00 am
Efficient Numerical Methods I
Chair: Christopher R. Johnson, Univ. of Utah

• Singular value decomposition: a diagnostic tool for ill-posed inverse problems in optical computed tomography, T. A. Lanen, Delft Univ. of Technology (The Netherlands) .... [2570-23]
• Multigrid regularized least squares reconstruction based on wavelet transform in optical tomography, W. Zhu, Y. Wang, Polytechnic Univ.; J. Chang, R. L. Barbour, SUNY Health Science Ctr./Brooklyn .... [2570-24]
• Automated emission tomography complex for plasma physics diagnostics, L. I. Poplevina, I. M. Tokmulin, B. Balatz, Russian Tomography Corp. (Russia) .... [2570-25]
• Numerical method of image reconstruction from the frequency-modulated signal in diffusion tomography, S. Gutman, Univ. of Oklahoma; M. V. Klibanov, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte .... [2570-26]
• Real inversion of a Laplace transform function, L. D'Amore, A. Murli, Univ. di Napoli/Federico II (Italy) .... [2570-27]
• Imaging of multiple targets in dense scattering media, H. L. Graber, J. Chang, R. L. Barbour, SUNY/Brooklyn .... [2570-28]

SESSION 6 .... Tues. 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Efficient Numerical Methods II
Chair: Robert V. McGahan, Air Force Rome Lab.

• Computer architecture for context-driven image processing, V. K. Bykosky, Univ. of Massachusetts/Lowell .... [2570-30]
• Regularized cubic B-spline approximation for processing laser anemometry data, R. P. Bennell, Cranfield Univ. (UK) .... [2570-31]
• Efficient forward calculation of photon migration in human tissue using a multigrid method, Y. Yao, Y. Wang, W. Zhu, Polytechnic Univ.; H. L. Graber, J. Chang, R. L. Barbour, SUNY Health Science Ctr./Brooklyn .... [2570-32]
• Deconvolution of multiple images, M. Piana, M. Bertero, Univ. of Genoa (Italy) .... [2570-33]
• Phase retrieval for imaging symmetric particles, R. P. Millane, W. J. Stroud, Purdue Univ. .... [2570-34]
• Multiresolution maximum entropy deconvolution of astronomical images, E. Pantin, J. Starck, CEA/DSM/DAPNIA (France) .... [2570-35]

Lunch/Exhibit Break

Poster Session .... 12:30 to 1:30 pm

• *Reguladrization of inverse problem by singular value filtration, V. N. Kurashov, A. G. Chumakov, A. V. Kovalenko, Kiev Univ. (Ukraine) .... [2570-36]
• *Methods of the calculation of laser radiation intensity within melanoma in upper layers of human skin, I. V. Meglinsky, P. Y. Starukhin, S. R. Utz, M.D., Saratov State Univ. (Russia) .... [2570-37]
• *Stable solution of photon-count statistics inverse problem by means of iterated operator eigenfunctions, V. N. Kurashov, A. V. Kurashov, A. G. Chumakhov, Kiev Univ. (Ukraine) .... [2570-38]
• *Imaging of a stratified tissue using a hybrid method of optimization approach and Green function technique, J. Ying, W. Sun, Zhejiang Univ. (China) .... [2570-39]
• *Adaptive robust iterative algorithm of image reconstruction, V. P. Melnik, A. A. Zelensky, V. V. Lukin, Kharkov Aviation Institute (Ukraine) .... [2570-40]
• *Regularized projectional algorithm for processing experimental data, N. Shcherbakova, Moscow Energy Institute (Russia) .... [2570-41]
• *Diffraction and inverse diffraction for distorted lattices, W. J. Stroud, R. P. Millane, Purdue Univ. .... [2570-42]
• *Aspects of image reconstruction from nonuniform samples, R. P. Millane, Purdue Univ. .... [2570-43]

SESSION 7 .... Tues. 2:00 to 3:20 pm
To be announced
Chair: Mark J. Carvlin, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

• Semidiscrete positron emission tomography, J. M. Anderson, B. A. Mair, M. Rao, Univ. of Florida .... [2570-44]
• Numerical fovea: efficient solution to discrete inverse problems, G. F. Dacquino, R. A. Fiorini, B. Cattaneo, A. Fabiani, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) .... [2570-45]
• Formulas for x-ray tomography, D. S. Anikonov, Institute of Applied Mathematics (Russia) .... [2570-29]
• Regularized method for inverse problem of diffusion tomography, G. N. Erokhin, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia); M. V. Klibanov, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; L. N. Pestov, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) .... [2570-22]