METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME RESOLVED OPTICAL IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES AS PART OF ANIMALS

摘要

There is provided a method and system for collecting optical data for use in time resolved optical imaging wherein pulsed light is directionally propagated through free-space optics (24, 26, 28, 29) to impinge on a plurality of illumination at the surface of a biological tissue (14) such as that comprised in small animals. Light re-emitted from the tissue is collected and directionally propagated through free space optics (34, 36, 38) towards a detector (18) to produce time resolved optical signals useful for optical image reconstructions.