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Wang Q, Le D, Ramella-Roman J, Pfefer J. Broadband ultraviolet-visible optical property measurement in layered turbid media. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 3:1226-40. [PMID: 22741070 PMCID: PMC3370964 DOI: 10.1364/boe.3.001226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Revised: 04/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The ability to accurately measure layered biological tissue optical properties (OPs) may improve understanding of spectroscopic device performance and facilitate early cancer detection. Towards these goals, we have performed theoretical and experimental evaluations of an approach for broadband measurement of absorption and reduced scattering coefficients at ultraviolet-visible wavelengths. Our technique is based on neural network (NN) inverse models trained with diffuse reflectance data from condensed Monte Carlo simulations. Experimental measurements were performed from 350 to 600 nm with a fiber-optic-based reflectance spectroscopy system. Two-layer phantoms incorporating OPs relevant to normal and dysplastic mucosal tissue and superficial layer thicknesses of 0.22 and 0.44 mm were used to assess prediction accuracy. Results showed mean OP estimation errors of 19% from the theoretical analysis and 27% from experiments. Two-step NN modeling and nonlinear spectral fitting approaches helped improve prediction accuracy. While limitations and challenges remain, the results of this study indicate that our technique can provide moderately accurate estimates of OPs in layered turbid media.
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Affiliation(s)
- Quanzeng Wang
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA
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Yudovsky D, Pilon L. Retrieving skin properties from in vivo spectral reflectance measurements. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2011; 4:305-14. [PMID: 20680977 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201000069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A previously developed inverse method was applied to in vivo normal-hemispherical spectral reflectance measurements taken on the inner and outer forearm as well as the forehead of healthy white Caucasian and black African subjects. The inverse method was used to determine the thickness and melanin concentration in the epidermis, dermal blood volume fraction and oxygen saturation, and skin's spectral scattering coefficient. It was established that changes in melanin concentration due to racial difference and tanning, and differences in epidermal thickness and blood volume with anatomical location were detectable. The retrieved values were also consistent with independent measurements reported in the literature. The same method could be used for optical diagnosis of pathologies affecting the structure and pigmentation of human skin.
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- Dmitry Yudovsky
- University of California, Los Angeles, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Biomedical Inter-Department Program, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597, USA
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Wang Q, Shastri K, Pfefer TJ. Experimental and theoretical evaluation of a fiber-optic approach for optical property measurement in layered epithelial tissue. APPLIED OPTICS 2010; 49:5309-20. [PMID: 20885467 DOI: 10.1364/ao.49.005309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Improvements in measurement of epithelial tissue optical properties (OPs) in the ultraviolet and visible (UV-Vis) may lead to enhanced understanding of optical techniques for neoplasia detection. In this study, we investigated an approach based on fiber-optic measurement of reflectance to determine absorption and reduced scattering coefficients (μ(a) and μ(s)') in two-layer turbid media. Neural network inverse models were trained on simulation data for a wide variety of OP combinations (μ(a) = 1-22.5, μ(s)' = 5-42.5 cm(-1)). Experimental measurements of phantoms with top-layer thicknesses (D) ranging from 0.22 to 0.66 mm were performed at three UV-Vis wavelengths. OP estimation accuracy was calculated and compared to theoretical results. Mean prediction errors were strongly correlated with D and ranged widely, from 1.5 to 12.1 cm(-1). Theoretical analyses indicated the potential for improving accuracy with alternate probe geometries. Although numerous challenges remain, this initial experimental study of an unconstrained approach for fiber-optic-based OP determination in two-layer epithelial tissue indicates the potential to provide useful measurements.
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- Quanzeng Wang
- Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, USA.
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Zonios G, Dimou A. Simple two-layer reflectance model for biological tissue applications: lower absorbing layer. APPLIED OPTICS 2010; 49:5026-31. [PMID: 20856274 DOI: 10.1364/ao.49.005026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A simple two-layer tissue reflectance model is described. This work is a continuation of our investigations on modeling reflectance from two-layered tissues that we recently initiated. In the present article, we describe a variation of a two-layer model that assumes a lower absorbing and scattering layer and an upper scattering-only layer. This two-layer configuration is a realistic model for biological tissues in the visible and near-IR spectral ranges, where the upper layer may be an epithelial layer and the lower layer is a vascularized stroma layer. Application of the model yields estimates for tissue parameters, such as the thickness of the upper layer or the absorption properties of the lower layer. These parameters are of great interest for the noninvasive study of a wide range of epithelial biological tissues. The validity range and accuracy of the model are tested on tissue phantoms in both the forward and inverse modes of application.
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- George Zonios
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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Mantis G, Zonios G. Simple two-layer reflectance model for biological tissue applications. APPLIED OPTICS 2009; 48:3490-6. [PMID: 19543359 DOI: 10.1364/ao.48.003490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A two-layer tissue diffuse reflectance model is described. The model is based on a simple one-layer model that we have recently developed and successfully applied to the analysis of in vivo skin reflectance. The model, which is specifically designed for use with a fiber optic probe, has as its main features simplicity and ease of application, and it is capable of estimating the thickness and the absorption coefficient of a superficial absorbing and scattering layer. Both of these parameters are of great interest for the noninvasive study of epithelial biological tissues. The validity range and accuracy of the model are tested on tissue phantoms in both the forward and inverse modes of application.
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Affiliation(s)
- George Mantis
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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Xu C, Das M, Ardeshirpour Y, Zhu Q. Image reconstruction method for a two-layer tissue structure accounts for chest-wall effects in breast imaging. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2008; 13:064029. [PMID: 19123675 PMCID: PMC2647560 DOI: 10.1117/1.3041497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We develop a new tomographic imaging reconstruction algorithm for a two-layer tissue structure. Simulations and phantom experiments show more accurate reconstruction of target optical properties compared with those results obtained from a semi-infinite tissue model for layered structures. This improvement is mainly attributed to the more accurate estimation of background optical properties and more accurate estimation of weight matrix for imaging reconstruction by considering the light propagation effect in the second layer. Clinical results of breast lesions are also presented to demonstrate the utility of this new imaging algorithm.
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- Chen Xu
- University of Connecticut, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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Gagnon L, Gauthier C, Hoge RD, Lesage F, Selb J, Boas DA. Double-layer estimation of intra- and extracerebral hemoglobin concentration with a time-resolved system. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2008; 13:054019. [PMID: 19021399 PMCID: PMC2718835 DOI: 10.1117/1.2982524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We present in vivo measurements of baseline physiology from five subjects with a four-wavelength (690, 750, 800, and 850 nm) time-resolved optical system. The measurements were taken at four distances: 10, 15, 25, and 30 mm. All distances were fit simultaneously with a two-layered analytical model for the absorption and reduced scattering coefficient of both layers. The thickness of the first layer, comprising the skin, scalp, and cerebrospinal fluid, was obtained from anatomical magnetic resonance images. The fitting procedure was first tested with simulations before being applied to in vivo measurements and verified that this procedure permits accurate characterization of the hemoglobin concentrations in the extra- and intracerebral tissues. Baseline oxyhemoglobin, deoxyhemoglobin, and total hemoglobin concentrations and oxygen saturation were recovered from in vivo measurements and compared to the literature. We observed a noticeable intersubject variability of the hemoglobin concentrations, but constant values for the cerebral hemoglobin oxygen saturation.
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- Louis Gagnon
- Institut de Génie Biomédical, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada.
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Seo I, Hayakawa CK, Venugopalan V. Radiative transport in the delta-P1 approximation for semi-infinite turbid media. Med Phys 2008; 35:681-93. [PMID: 18383690 PMCID: PMC3509770 DOI: 10.1118/1.2828184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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We have developed an analytic solution for spatially resolved diffuse reflectance within the deltaP1 approximation to the radiative transport equation for a semi-infinite homogeneous turbid medium. We evaluate the performance of this solution by comparing its predictions with those provided by Monte Carlo simulations and the standard diffusion approximation. We demonstrate that the delta-P1 approximation provides accurate estimates for spatially resolved diffuse reflectance in both low and high scattering media. We also develop a multi-stage nonlinear optimization algorithm in which the radiative transport estimates provided by the delta-P1 approximation are used to recover the optical absorption (microa), reduced scattering (micros'), and single-scattering asymmetry coefficients (g1) of liquid and solid phantoms from experimental measurements of spatially resolved diffuse reflectance. Specifically, the delta-P1 approximation can be used to recover microa, micros', and g1 with errors within +/- 22%, +/- 18%, and +/- 17%, respectively, for both intralipid-based and siloxane-based tissue phantoms. These phantoms span the optical property range 4 < (micros' /microa) < 117. Using these same measurements, application of the standard diffusion approximation resulted in the recovery of microa and micros' with errors o f +/- 29% and +/- 25%, respectively. Collectively, these results demonstrate that the delta-P1 approximation provides accurate radiative transport estimates that can be used to determine accurately the optical properties of biological tissues, particularly in spectral regions where tissue may display moderate/low ratios of reduced scattering to absorption (micros'/microa).
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- InSeok Seo
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-2575 and Laser Microbeam and Medical Program, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, 1002 Health Sciences Rd., University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612-3010
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-2575 and Laser Microbeam and Medical Program, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, 1002 Health Sciences Rd., University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612-3010
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-2575 and Laser Microbeam and Medical Program, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, 1002 Health Sciences Rd., University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612-3010
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Seo I, You JS, Hayakawa CK, Venugopalan V. Perturbation and differential Monte Carlo methods for measurement of optical properties in a layered epithelial tissue model. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2007; 12:014030. [PMID: 17343505 DOI: 10.1117/1.2697735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The use of perturbation and differential Monte Carlo (pMC/dMC) methods in conjunction with nonlinear optimization algorithms were proposed recently as a means to solve inverse photon migration problems in regionwise heterogeneous turbid media. We demonstrate the application of pMC/dMC methods for the recovery of optical properties in a two-layer extended epithelial tissue model from experimental measurements of spatially resolved diffuse reflectance. The results demonstrate that pMC/dMC methods provide a rapid and accurate approach to solve two-region inverse photon migration problems in the transport regime, that is, on spatial scales smaller than a transport mean free path and in media where optical scattering need not dominate absorption. The pMC/dMC approach is found to be effective over a broad range of absorption (50 to 400%) and scattering (70 to 130%) perturbations. The recovery of optical properties from spatially resolved diffuse reflectance measurements is examined for different sets of source-detector separation. These results provide some guidance for the design of compact fiber-based probes to determine and isolate optical properties from both epithelial and stromal layers of superficial tissues.
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- InSeok Seo
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Sunar U, Quon H, Durduran T, Zhang J, Du J, Zhou C, Yu G, Choe R, Kilger A, Lustig R, Loevner L, Nioka S, Chance B, Yodh AG. Noninvasive diffuse optical measurement of blood flow and blood oxygenation for monitoring radiation therapy in patients with head and neck tumors: a pilot study. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2006; 11:064021. [PMID: 17212544 DOI: 10.1117/1.2397548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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This pilot study explores the potential of noninvasive diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) for monitoring early relative blood flow (rBF), tissue oxygen saturation (StO(2)), and total hemoglobin concentration (THC) responses to chemo-radiation therapy in patients with head and neck tumors. rBF, StO(2), and THC in superficial neck tumor nodes of eight patients are measured before and during the chemo-radiation therapy period. The weekly rBF, StO(2), and THC kinetics exhibit different patterns for different individuals, including significant early blood flow changes during the first two weeks. Averaged blood flow increases (52.7+/-9.7)% in the first week and decreases (42.4+/-7.0)% in the second week. Averaged StO(2) increases from (62.9+/-3.4)% baseline value to (70.4+/-3.2)% at the end of the second week, and averaged THC exhibits a continuous decrease from pretreatment value of (80.7+/-7.0) [microM] to (73.3+/-8.3) [microM] at the end of the second week and to (63.0+/-8.1) [microM] at the end of the fourth week of therapy. These preliminary results suggest daily diffuse-optics-based therapy monitoring is feasible during the first two weeks and may have clinical promise.
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- Ulas Sunar
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA.
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Das M, Xu C, Zhu Q. Analytical solution for light propagation in a two-layer tissue structure with a tilted interface for breast imaging. APPLIED OPTICS 2006; 45:5027-36. [PMID: 16807614 PMCID: PMC3776600 DOI: 10.1364/ao.45.005027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Reflectance measurement of breast tissue is influenced by the underlying chest wall, which is often tilted as seen by the detection probe. We develop an analytical solution of light propagation in a two-layer tissue structure with tilted interface and refractive index difference between the layers. We validate the analytical solution with Monte Carlo simulations and phantom experiments, and a good agreement is seen. The influence of varying the tilting angle of the interface on the reflectance is discussed for two types of layered structures. Further, we apply the developed analytical solution to obtain the optical properties of breast tissue and chest wall from clinical data. Inverse calculation using the developed solution applied to the data obtained from Monte Carlo simulations shows that the optical properties of both layers are obtained with higher accuracy as compared to using a simple two-layer model ignoring the interface tilt. This is expected to improve the accuracy in estimating the optical properties of breast tissue, thus enhancing the accuracy of optical tomography of breast tumors.
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Liu Q, Ramanujam N. Sequential estimation of optical properties of a two-layered epithelial tissue model from depth-resolved ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectra. APPLIED OPTICS 2006; 45:4776-90. [PMID: 16799693 DOI: 10.1364/ao.45.004776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A method for estimating the optical properties of two-layered media (such as squamous epithelial tissue) over a range of wavelengths in the ultraviolet-visible spectrum is proposed and tested with Monte Carlo modeling. The method first used a fiber-optic probe with angled illumination and the collection fibers placed at a small separation (<or=300 microm) to restrict the transport of detected light to the top layer. A Monte Carlo-based inverse model for a homogeneous medium was employed to estimate the top layer optical properties from the measured diffuse reflectance spectrum. Then a flat-tip probe with a large source-detector separation (>or=1000 microm) was used to detect diffuse reflectance preferentially from the bottom layer. A second Monte Carlo-based inverse model for a two-layered medium was applied to estimate the bottom layer optical properties, as well as the top layer thickness, given that the top layer optical properties have been estimated. The results of Monte Carlo validation show that this method works well for an epithelial tissue model with a top layer thickness ranging from 200 to 500 microm. For most thicknesses within this range, the absorption coefficients were estimated to within 15% of the true values, the reduced scattering coefficients were estimated to within 20% and the top layer thicknesses were estimated to within 20%. The application of a variance reduction technique to the Monte Carlo modeling proved to be effective in improving the accuracy with which the optical properties are estimated.
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- Quan Liu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0281, USA.
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Wang AMJ, Bender JE, Pfefer J, Utzinger U, Drezek RA. Depth-sensitive reflectance measurements using obliquely oriented fiber probes. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2005; 10:44017. [PMID: 16178650 DOI: 10.1117/1.1989335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Computer simulation is used to facilitate the design of fiber-probe geometries that enable enhanced detection of optical signals arising from specific tissue depths. Obtaining understanding of the relationship between fiber-probe design and tissue interrogation is critical when developing strategies for optical detection of epithelial precancers that originate at known depths from the tissue surface. The accuracy of spectroscopic diagnostics may be enhanced by discretely probing the optical properties of epithelium and underlying stroma, within which the morphological and biochemical features vary as a function of depth. While previous studies have investigated controlling tissue-probing depth for fluorescence-based modalities, in this study we focus on the detection of reflected light scattered by tissue. We investigate how the depth of optical interrogation may be controlled through combinations of collection angles, source-detector separations, and numerical apertures. We find that increasing the obliquity of collection fibers at a given source-detector separation can effectively enhance the detection of superficially scattered signals. Fiber numerical aperture provides additional depth selectivity; however, the perturbations in sampling depth achieved through this means are modest relative to the changes generated by modifying the angle of collection and source-detection separation.
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Sharma SK, Banerjee S. Volume concentration and size dependence of diffuse reflectance in a fractal soft tissue model. Med Phys 2005; 32:1767-74. [PMID: 16013734 DOI: 10.1118/1.1925807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Employing a fractal model for the particle size distribution, we examine the possibility of relating the size/volume concentration changes in the tissue to its diffuse reflectance. It is noted that for the practically interesting range of fractal dimension values alpha, the curves depicting the variation of diffuse reflectance (the ratio of diffuse reflectance at two suitably chosen source detector separations) with alpha at fixed volume concentration Tv, are single valued. The same is true if alpha is fixed and Tv is varied. This crucial observation shows that it should be possible to identify changes in the size/volume concentration of the tissue from the diffuse reflectance measurement at two source detector separations when either alpha or Tv is a priori known. Similar results have been obtained for ratio of fluence measured at two suitably chosen depths within the tissue.
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- S K Sharma
- S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block JD, Sector III, Salt Lake, Calcutta 700098, India.
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