Based on spectrophotometric measurements in the range of 700–1100 nm performed with
the use of an integrating sphere, we have obtained absorption and scattering spectra of …

Optical phantoms mimicking optical properties of real biotissues in the visible and IR
spectral regions are developed based on measurements of the spectral characteristics of ex …

Optical characteristics of freshly isolated tissues depend on their color and composition. The
surface backscattered profile, which account for the tissue compositional variation in fresh …

This issue of Applied Optics features twenty-two papers on the optical character of tissue, a
topic of growing importance in the life sciences. The papers deal with theory and experiment …

Optical phantoms are widely used for evaluating the performance of biomedical optical
modalities, and hence, absorbing and scattering materials are required for the construction …

The optical properties of white matter human brain, canine prostate and pig liver were
measured in the wavelength range 330-1100 nm. The measurements were carried out in …

The optical properties of white matter human brain, canine prostate and pig liver were
measured in the wavelength range 330-1100 nm. The measurements were carried out in …

The optical characteristics of biological tissues sampled from the anterior abdominal wall of
laboratory rats are for the first time experimentally studied in a wide wavelength range (350 …

Abstract Knowledge of the optical properties of tissues can be applied in numerous medical
and scientific fields, including cancer diagnostics and therapy. There are many different …

Knowledge of tissue optical properties, in particular the absorption μa and the reduced
scattering coefficient μ s′, is required for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in which …