Frequency domain (FD) diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) can be used to recover absolute optical properties of biological tissue, providing valuable clinical feedback, including in diagnosis and monitoring of breast tumours. In this study, tomographic (3D) and topographic (2D) techniques for spatially-varying optical parameter recovery are presented, based on a multi-distance, handheld DOS probe. Processing pipelines and reconstruction quality are discussed and quantitatively compared, demonstrating the trade-offs between depth sensitivity, optical contrast, and computational speed. Together, the two techniques provide both depth sensitive real-time feedback, and high-resolution 3D reconstruction from a single set of measurements, enabling faster and more accurate clinical feedback.
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