Method and apparatus for imaging tissue by upstream illumination and
downstream dual filtering of the exiting light for separation of
ballistic photons rays from stray rays. Dual filtering includes spatial
filtering via a pinhole and spatial filtering operated by a fast gate. A
processor synchronizes flashes of illumination with the fast gate to
command opening for passage of the ballistic photons rays and closure to
exclude the stray rays. An image detector downstream of the fast gate
collects the ballistic photons rays for processing by the processor and
display on a monitor as a shadowgram. Illumination flashes have one or
more wavelengths and the image detector is adapted to match the selected
wavelengths of the illuminating flashes.