Nirfast is an FEM based package for modeling Near-Infrared light transport in tissue. This includes:
  • Standard single wavelength absorption and reduced scatter
  • Multi-wavelength spectrally constrained models
  • Fluorescence models

Nirfast v7.3 [Updates]


Nirview v1.12 - segmentation tool
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If you use Nirfast for a publication, please reference:
  • H. Dehghani, M.E. Eames, P.K. Yalavarthy, S.C. Davis, S. Srinivasan, C.M. Carpenter, B.W. Pogue, and K.D. Paulsen, “Near infrared optical tomography using NIRFAST: Algorithm for numerical model and image reconstruction,” Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 25, 711-732 (2009).
  • M. Jermyn, B.W. Pogue, H. Ghadyani, S.C. Davis, M. Mastanduno, and H. Dehghani, “A User-Enabling Visual Workflow for Near-Infrared Light Transport Modeling in Tissue,” in Biomedical Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper BW1A.7.