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Di Sciacca G, Maffeis G, Farina A, Dalla Mora A, Pifferi A, Taroni P, Arridge S. Evaluation of a pipeline for simulation, reconstruction, and classification in ultrasound-aided diffuse optical tomography of breast tumors. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2022; 27:JBO-210385GRR. [PMID: 35332743 PMCID: PMC8943242 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.27.3.036003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Diffuse optical tomography is an ill-posed problem. Combination with ultrasound can improve the results of diffuse optical tomography applied to the diagnosis of breast cancer and allow for classification of lesions. AIM To provide a simulation pipeline for the assessment of reconstruction and classification methods for diffuse optical tomography with concurrent ultrasound information. APPROACH A set of breast digital phantoms with benign and malignant lesions was simulated building on the software VICTRE. Acoustic and optical properties were assigned to the phantoms for the generation of B-mode images and optical data. A reconstruction algorithm based on a two-region nonlinear fitting and incorporating the ultrasound information was tested. Machine learning classification methods were applied to the reconstructed values to discriminate lesions into benign and malignant after reconstruction. RESULTS The approach allowed us to generate realistic US and optical data and to test a two-region reconstruction method for a large number of realistic simulations. When information is extracted from ultrasound images, at least 75% of lesions are correctly classified. With ideal two-region separation, the accuracy is higher than 80%. CONCLUSIONS A pipeline for the generation of realistic ultrasound and diffuse optics data was implemented. Machine learning methods applied to a optical reconstruction with a nonlinear optical model and morphological information permit to discriminate malignant lesions from benign ones.
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- Giuseppe Di Sciacca
- University College London, Department of Computer Science, London, United Kingdom
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milano, Italy
- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milano, Italy
- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano, Italy
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- University College London, Department of Computer Science, London, United Kingdom
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Bahamondes Lorca VA, McCulloch MK, Ávalos-Ovando Ó, Govorov AO, Rahman F, Wu S. Characterization of UVB and UVA-340 Lamps and Determination of Their Effects on ER Stress and DNA Damage. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 98:1140-1148. [PMID: 34932214 DOI: 10.1111/php.13585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ultraviolet B-light (UVB) has been often used as a "physiological" UV in photobiology studies. How representative and equivalent these studies are compared to the effect of the sunlight is always of great interest. We now characterized the spectrum and intensity of two commonly used UV sources, a UVB lamp and a UVA-340 lamp which simulate the solar spectrum in the UVB/UVA range in the presence or absence of a UVB band pass filter that reduces >80% UVA from the UVA-340 lamp. The spectrum of each lamp was used in computational modeling for skin penetration. The effects of the lamps on endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-stress response and DNA damage in cultured keratinocytes HaCaT cells were analyzed. Our data show that the UVB lamp is a better inducer for both eIF2α phosphorylation and PERK modification, as well as a better reducer of ATF6 expression. The UVB lamp is also the best inducer of gamma-H2AX expression and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers formation. However, the UVA-340 lamp is a better inducer for ATF4 expression. Our results indicate that different spectral characteristics of UV lamps can produce different results for the activation of the ER-stress responses and the differences do not always follow a defined pattern.
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- Verónica A Bahamondes Lorca
- Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH.,Departamento de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH.,Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio University, Athens, OH
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- Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH
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Akhter F, Manrique-Bedoya S, Moreau C, Smith AL, Feng Y, Mayer KM, Hood RL. Assessment and Modeling of Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy Delivered via a Fiberoptic Microneedle Device Ex Vivo. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:2133. [PMID: 34959414 PMCID: PMC8703536 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) has potential as a superior treatment method for pancreatic cancer, a disease with high mortality partially attributable to the currently non-selective treatment options. PPTT utilizes gold nanoparticles infused into a targeted tissue volume and exposed to a specific light wavelength to induce selective hyperthermia. The current study focuses on developing this approach within an ex vivo porcine pancreas model via an innovative fiberoptic microneedle device (FMD) for co-delivering light and gold nanoparticles. The effects of laser wavelengths (808 vs. 1064 nm), irradiances (20-50 mW·mm-2), and gold nanorod (GNR) concentrations (0.1-3 nM) on tissue temperature profiles were evaluated to assess and control hyperthermic generation. The GNRs had a peak absorbance at ~800 nm. Results showed that, at 808 nm, photon absorption and subsequent heat generation within tissue without GNRs was 65% less than 1064 nm. The combination of GNRs and 808 nm resulted in a 200% higher temperature rise than the 1064 nm under similar conditions. A computational model was developed to predict the temperature shift and was validated against experimental results with a deviation of <5%. These results show promise for both a predictive model and spatially selective, tunable treatment modality for pancreatic cancer.
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- Forhad Akhter
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA; (F.A.); (S.M.-B.); (A.L.S.); (Y.F.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA; (F.A.); (S.M.-B.); (A.L.S.); (Y.F.)
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- Gastroenterology and Transplant, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA;
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA; (F.A.); (S.M.-B.); (A.L.S.); (Y.F.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA; (F.A.); (S.M.-B.); (A.L.S.); (Y.F.)
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA;
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA; (F.A.); (S.M.-B.); (A.L.S.); (Y.F.)
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Di Cecilia L, Rovati L. Design and performance of a hyperspectral imaging system: Preliminary in vivo spectral reflectance measurements of the human iris. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2020; 91:014104. [PMID: 32012621 DOI: 10.1063/1.5125575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this paper, we present a novel hyperspectral system designed for imaging the human iris in vivo. The instrument is based on a tunable light source (from 480 nm to 900 nm) and a monochrome camera. The system can acquire hyperspectral cubes in 4 s, with spatial and spectral resolutions of 11 μm and 20 nm, respectively. The optical characterization of the new instrument is described, and we demonstrate its safety with respect to ANSI standards. Preliminary in vivo measurements in human volunteers are also presented.
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- L Di Cecilia
- Department of Engineering "E. Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena 41100, Italy
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- Department of Engineering "E. Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena 41100, Italy
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Possible Error in Reflection Pulse Oximeter Readings as a Result of Applied Pressure. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2019; 2019:7293813. [PMID: 31781359 PMCID: PMC6855088 DOI: 10.1155/2019/7293813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pulse oximetry is one of the most widely used techniques in modern medicine. In pulse oximetry, photoplethysmography (PPG) signals are measured at two different wavelengths and converted into the parameter Gamma, which is used to calculate the oxygen saturation of arterial blood. Although most pulse oximetry sensors are based on transmission geometry, the reflection mode is required for different form factors such as the forehead or wrists. In reflection oximetry, local pressure is applied to the measurement surface. We investigated the relationship between applied pressure and Gamma and found that for the reflection mode, Gamma tends to increase with increasing applied pressure. To explain this, we described the PPG signal in terms of two alternative models: a volumetric model and a Scattering-Driven Model (SDM). We assumed that the application of external pressure results in a decrease in local blood flow. We showed that only SDM correctly qualitatively describes Gamma as a function of the decrease in blood flow. We concluded that both described models coexist and that the relative influence of each depends on the measurement geometry and blood perfusion in the skin.
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This article reviews the past and current statuses of time-domain near-infrared spectroscopy (TD-NIRS) and imaging. Although time-domain technology is not yet widely employed due to its drawbacks of being cumbersome, bulky, and very expensive compared to commercial continuous wave (CW) and frequency-domain (FD) fNIRS systems, TD-NIRS has great advantages over CW and FD systems because time-resolved data measured by TD systems contain the richest information about optical properties inside measured objects. This article focuses on reviewing the theoretical background, advanced theories and methods, instruments, and studies on clinical applications for TD-NIRS including some clinical studies which used TD-NIRS systems. Major events in the development of TD-NIRS and imaging are identified and summarized in chronological tables and figures. Finally, prospects for TD-NIRS in the near future are briefly described.
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Pazos-Outon LM, Szumilo M, Lamboll R, Richter JM, Crespo-Quesada M, Abdi-Jalebi M, Beeson HJ, Vru ini M, Alsari M, Snaith HJ, Ehrler B, Friend RH, Deschler F. Photon recycling in lead iodide perovskite solar cells. Science 2016; 351:1430-3. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf1168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 516] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Rendon A, Weersink R, Lilge L. Towards conformal light delivery using tailored cylindrical diffusers: attainable light dose distributions. Phys Med Biol 2006; 51:5967-75. [PMID: 17110763 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Interstitial light delivery for therapeutic applications requires the use of fibre-based light diffusers. Such diffusers are presently manufactured to emit with a flat longitudinal power profile. Recently, diffusers with tailored longitudinal emission profiles have become available opening an avenue to improve conformal light delivery. This paper explores the ability of tailored diffusers to improve light dose confinement to the target volume. A formalism to calculate the light dose from an arbitrary source distribution is presented based on the convolution with an appropriate point source function. By choosing a source distribution corresponding to a cylindrical diffuser emitting with a sinusoidal profile, the set of attainable light dose distributions is characterized via a relationship between the diffuser's spatial frequency, the radial distance and the amplitude of the isodose contour.
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- Augusto Rendon
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada
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Pierrat R, Greffet JJ, Carminati R. Photon diffusion coefficient in scattering and absorbing media. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2006; 23:1106-10. [PMID: 16642188 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.23.001106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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We present a unified derivation of the photon diffusion coefficient for both steady-state and time-dependent transport in disordered absorbing media. The derivation is based on a modal analysis of the time-dependent radiative transfer equation. This approach confirms that the dynamic diffusion coefficient is given by the random-walk result D = cl(*)/3, where l(*) is the transport mean free path and c is the energy velocity, independent of the level of absorption. It also shows that the diffusion coefficient for steady-state transport, often used in biomedical optics, depends on absorption, in agreement with recent theoretical and experimental works. These two results resolve a recurrent controversy in light propagation and imaging in scattering media.
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- Romain Pierrat
- Laboratoire d'Energétique Moléculaire et Marcoscopique, Combustion, Ecole Centrale Paris, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Ripoll J, Yessayan D, Zacharakis G, Ntziachristos V. Experimental determination of photon propagation in highly absorbing and scattering media. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2005; 22:546-51. [PMID: 15770993 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.22.000546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Optical imaging and tomography in tissues can facilitate the quantitative study of several important chromophores and fluorophores. Several theoretical models have been validated for diffuse photon propagation in highly scattering and low-absorbing media that describe the optical appearance of tissues in the near-infrared (NIR) region. However, these models are not generally applicable to quantitative optical investigations in the visible because of the significantly higher tissue absorption in this spectral region compared with that in the NIR. We performed photon measurements through highly scattering and absorbing media for ratios of the absorption coefficient to the reduced scattering coefficient ranging approximately from zero to one. We examined experimentally the performance of the absorption-dependent diffusion coefficient defined by Aronson and Corngold [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16, 1066 (1999)] for quantitative estimations of photon propagation in the low- and high-absorption regimes. Through steady-state measurements we verified that the transmitted intensity is well described by the diffusion equation by considering a modified diffusion coefficient with a nonlinear dependence on the absorption. This study confirms that simple analytical solutions based on the diffusion approximation are suitable even for high-absorption regimes and shows that diffusion-approximation-based models are valid for quantitative measurements and tomographic imaging of tissues in the visible.
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- Jorge Ripoll
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Elaloufi R, Carminati R, Greffet JJ. Diffusive-to-ballistic transition in dynamic light transmission through thin scattering slabs: a radiative transfer approach. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2004; 21:1430-7. [PMID: 15330470 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.21.001430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We study the deviation from diffusion theory that occurs in the dynamic transport of light through thin scattering slabs. Solving numerically the time-dependent radiative transfer equation, we obtain the decay time and the effective diffusion coefficient Deff. We observe a nondiffusive behavior for systems whose thickness L is smaller than 8l(tr), where l(tr) is the transport mean free path. We introduce a simple model that yields the position of the transition between the diffusive and the nondiffusive regimes. The size dependence of Deff in the nondiffusive region is strongly affected by internal reflections. We show that the reduction of approximately 50% of Deff that was observed experimentally [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4369 (1997)] can be reproduced by the radiative transfer approach. We demonstrate that the radiative transfer equation is an appropriate tool for studying dynamic light transport in thin scattering systems when coherent effects play no significant role.
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- Rachid Elaloufi
- Laboratoire d'Energétique Moléculaire et Macroscopique, Combustion; Ecole Centrale Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Elaloufi R, Carminati R, Greffet JJ. Definition of the diffusion coefficient in scattering and absorbing media. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2003; 20:678-85. [PMID: 12683494 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.20.000678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We revisit the definition of the diffusion coefficient for light transport in scattering and absorbing media. From an asymptotic analysis of the transport equation, we present a novel derivation of the diffusion coefficient, which is restricted neither to low absorption nor to a situation in which the specific intensity is quasi-isotropic. Our result agrees with previous expressions of the diffusion coefficient in the appropriate limit. Using numerical simulations, we discuss the implications of the proper choice of the diffusion coefficient for time-dependent transport.
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- Rachid Elaloufi
- Laboratoire d'Energétique Moléculaire et Macroscopique, Combustion, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
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Pearce J, Mittleman DM. Propagation of single-cycle terahertz pulses in random media. OPTICS LETTERS 2001; 26:2002-2004. [PMID: 18059759 DOI: 10.1364/ol.26.002002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We describe what are to our knowledge the first measurements of the propagation of coherent, single-cycle pulses of terahertz radiation in a scattering medium. By measuring the transmission as a function of the length L of the medium, we extract the scattering mean free path l(s)(omega) over a broad bandwidth. We observe variations in l(s) ranging over nearly 2 orders of magnitude and covering the entire thin sample regime from L/l(s)<<1 to L/l(s)~10 . We also observe scattering-induced dispersive effects, which can be attributed to the additional path traveled by photons scattered at small angles.
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Graaff R, Rinzema K. Practical improvements on photon diffusion theory: application to isotropic scattering. Phys Med Biol 2001; 46:3043-50. [PMID: 11720362 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/11/318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Based on the analysis of an isotropic point source in an infinite, isotropically scattering turbid medium, we suggest several modifications to the well-known diffusion theory. Compared with standard diffusion theory these modifications, which require very little extra mathematics, lead to a substantially better approximation of the exact expressions. The improved expression gives reasons to reconsider the basic concept of time-resolved diffusion theory.
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- R Graaff
- Department of BioMedical Engineering, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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