Effective infrared absorption coefficient for photothermal radiometric measurements in biological tissues

B Majaron, M Milanič - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Although photothermal radiometric (PTR) measurements commonly employ broad-band
signal acquisition to increase the signal-to-noise ratio, all reported studies apply a fixed …

Spectral variation of the infrared absorption coefficient in pulsed photothermal profiling of biological samples

B Majaron, W Verkruysse, BS Tanenbaum… - Physics in Medicine …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulsed photothermal radiometry can be used for non-invasive depth profiling of optically
scattering samples, including biological tissues such as human skin. Computational …

Re-evaluation of pulsed photothermal radiometric profiling in samples with spectrally varied infrared absorption coefficient

B Majaron, M Milanič - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Spectral variation of the sample absorption coefficient in mid-infrared (μ IR) demands
caution in photothermal radiometric measurements, because a constant μ IR is regularly …

A spectrally composite reconstruction approach for improved resolution of pulsed photothermal temperature profiling in water-based samples

M Milanič, I Serša, B Majaron - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the first experimental evaluation of pulsed photothermal radiometry (PPTR)
using a spectrally composite kernel matrix in signal analysis. Numerical studies have …

In vivo characterization of structural and optical properties of human skin by combined photothermal radiometry and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

N Verdel, A Marin, L Vidovič, M Milanič… - … in Dermatology and …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We have combined two optical techniques to enable simultaneous assessment of structure
and composition of human skin in vivo: Pulsed photothermal radiometry (PPTR), which …

Spectral filtering in pulsed photothermal temperature profiling of collagen tissue phantoms

M Milanič, B Majaron - Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2009 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present an experimental comparison of pulsed photothermal (PPT) profiling in collagen-
based tissue phantoms utilizing different midinfrared spectral bands. Laser-induced …

Pulsed photothermal temperature profiling of agar tissue phantoms

M Milanič, B Majaron, JS Nelson - Lasers in medical science, 2007 - Springer
We determine experimentally the accuracy of pulsed photothermal radiometric (PPTR)
temperature depth profiling in water-based samples. We use custom tissue phantoms …

Physiological and structural characterization of human skin in vivo using combined photothermal radiometry and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

N Verdel, A Marin, M Milanič, B Majaron - Biomedical optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this proof-of-concept study we combine two optical techniques to enable assessment of
structure and composition of human skin in vivo: Pulsed photothermal radiometry (PPTR) …

Limitations in measurement of subsurface temperatures using pulsed photothermal radiometry

US Sathyam, SA Prahl - Journal of Biomedical Optics, 1997 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A pulsed photothermal technique to calculate internal temperatures from noncontact surface
temperature measurements is presented. The inversion process is based on approximating …

Theoretical, experimental, and computational aspects of optical property determination of turbid media by using frequency-domain laser infrared photothermal …

L Nicolaides, Y Chen, A Mandelis, IA Vitkin - JOSA A, 2001 - opg.optica.org
In this work, the optical and thermal properties of tissuelike materials are measured by using
frequency-domain infrared photothermal radiometry. This technique is better suited for …