Method and apparatus for 3-d imaging of internal light sources

An imaging system adapted to model an object located inside an imaging subject, the imaging system comprising:

• an imaging chamber having a set of walls enclosing an interior cavity;
• a camera adapted to capture images of the imaging subject while the imaging subject is located within the imaging chamber;
• and
• a processing system configured to:
• obtain one or more luminescent images of at least a portion of the imaging subject,
• obtain a three dimensional representation of a surface of at least a portion imaging subject,
• map luminescent image data from the one or more luminescent images to the three dimensional representation of the surface portion of the imaging subject to create luminescent light emission data from the surface portion of the imaging subject, and
• determine a three-dimensional representation of the object internal to the imaging subject using the luminescent light emission data from the surface portion of the mammal