Diffuse optics often results in ill-posed inverse problems. Here we investigate a time-of-flight (TOF) informed interferometric diffuse optical approach, which applies a series of TOF filters to multiply scattered light collected via the human head. Rather than 1D data sets which are typical of diffuse optics, we obtain a 2D data set at a single source-collector separation, where the dimensions are TOF filter width and correlation time lag. We investigate recovery of optical properties, layer thicknesses, and blood flow indices by fitting a 3-layer model of the human head. We recover reasonable brain-to-scalp blood flow index ratios.
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