Optical tomography

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Optical tomography
A fiber-optic array for breast cancer detection by way of Diffuse Optical Tomography.
MeSH	D041622
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Optical tomography is a form of computed tomography that creates a digital volumetric model of an object by reconstructing images made from light transmitted and scattered through an object.^[1] Optical tomography is used mostly in medical imaging research. Optical tomography in industry is used as a sensor of thickness and internal structure of semiconductors.^[2]