Thursday, October 9, 1997
4:30-5:30 pm
1200 EECS
Abstract -
Over the past decade an important area of optics has
developed. Called photon migration, it is concerned with
imaging through highly scattering media, especially
biological tissue. From a fledgling activity ten years ago,
it has evolved into a major research activity. Entire
symposia have been dedicated to this subject. Various
research groups have developed various approaches. We have
worked in this area since its early days. We have
concentrated on electronic holography, in which the hologram
is made on the detector of a high performance, cooled, CCD
camera. We describe some of the ideas we have conceived,
our experimental implementation, and the experimental
results.
Biosketch -
Emmett N. Leith is the Schlumberger Professor of Electrical Engineering
at the University of Michigan. He has worked primarily in
the areas of holography, information optics and
interferometry for over thirty years. Dr. Leith has in
recent years worked on developing new methods for imaging
through highly scattering media, such as biological tissue.
Among his numerous awards are the Ives Medal of the Optical
Society of America, the SPIE Gold Medal and the National
Medal of Science. He also received the University of
Michigan Russel Lecturer Award in 1981.