1. A method of acquiring image data from a turbid medium using a diffuse optical tomography device, the method comprising acts of: irradiating the turbid medium simultaneously at a plurality of first spatial positions, collecting light emanating from the turbid medium simultaneously at a plurality of second spatial positions, splitting the light collected at each second spatial position into at least two optical channels, measuring an intensity of the split light simultaneously in each individual optical channel of the at least two optical channels using a corresponding photo detector for each individual optical channel, reconstructing an image of the turbid medium from either selected one of the at least two optical channels.