Image Visualization And Analysis For The Platform Of Molecular Optical Simulation Environment

Optical molecular imaging, an outcome of the combination of traditional medical imaging techniques and modern molecular biology, has the advantages of in-vivo, non-invasive, real-time and fine-imaging over traditional imaging morphologies. Monte Carlo method is applied to acquire the exact solution of the transmission of optical particles, then the forward problem of light propagation in biological tissues can be described exactly.By tracking a large number of photons, we obtain the exact solution of simulation results and record them into a predetermined matrix. However, the size of the record matrix is so large that we hardly guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of analysis procedure. Thus, an analogous render method for large data volume is presented in this thesis, which is based on a widely used method in industry, called 2D/3D API-OpenGL technique. Using the proposed method, we find that various behaviors of photon transport in tissues, including absorption, scattering and refraction, can be visualized vividly. As a result, performing both the simulation and the data analysis becomes much more convenient for user.