Transport aware cameras for vein imaging

该项目的目标是对用于静脉成像和定量测量血液氧合的运输感知相机进行初步评估。传输感知摄像机是由Pi Kutulakos的研究小组在过去三年中开发的，具有生成实时视频流的独特能力，所有表面反射都被阻挡。这一能力提供了改进的半透明介质(如皮肤)的亚表面成像，并有望显著提高静脉成像系统的性能(即更高的对比度、更高的空间分辨率、更高的信噪比)。 该项目将通过与克里斯蒂医疗控股公司的研究人员合作来探索这项技术的潜力，克里斯蒂医疗控股公司是建造静脉照明系统的领先者。它的具体目标是(1)建立一个适应静脉照明任务的运输感知原型，以及(2)进行初步的可行性研究，将其用于在特殊设计的“体模”对象中进行血液氧合和静脉深度测量。

The goal of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of transport-aware cameras for vein imaging and for quantitative measurement of blood oxygenation. Transport-aware cameras were developed by PI Kutulakos' research group over the last three years and have the unique ability to generate a live video stream with all surface reflections blocked. This ability offers improved sub-surface imaging of translucent media such as skin, and holds the promise of significantly improving the performance of vein imaging systems (i.e., higher contrast, higher spatial resolution, higher signal-to-noise ratio). The project will explore this technology's potential through a collaboration with researchers from Christie Medical Holdings, who are leaders on building vein illumination systems. Its specific aims are to (1) build a transport-aware prototype tuned to the task of vein illumination and (2) perform an initial feasibility study of using it for blood oxygenation and vein depth measurements in specially-designed "phantom" objects.