Spectral reflectance measurements of biological tissues have been studied for early
diagnoses of several pathologies such as cancer. These measurements are often performed …

Optical reflectance probes are often used as tools to obtain optical spectra from superficial
tissues and subsequently determine optical and physiological properties associated with …

A method using single fiber reflectance spectroscopy to measure the refractive indices of
transparent and turbid media over a broad wavelength range is presented and tested. For …

Diffuse reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy are popular research techniques for
noninvasive disease diagnostics. Most systems include an optical fiber probe that transmits …

Multi diameter single fiber reflectance (MDSFR) spectroscopy is a non-invasive optical
technique based on using multiple fibers of different diameters to determine both the …

Tissue optical properties are necessary parameters for prescribing light dosimetry in
photomedicine. In many diagnostic or therapeutic applications where optical fiber probes …

Reflectance spectroscopy is a promising technology for detection of epithelial precancer.
Fiber-optic probes that selectively collect scattered light from both the epithelium and the …

We present the design and construction of a fiber optic probe for elastic light scattering
spectroscopy in vivo with polarized excitation and polarization sensitive detection. The …

Single fiber reflectance spectroscopy is a method to noninvasively quantitate tissue
absorption and scattering properties. This study utilizes a Monte Carlo (MC) model to …

Detection of interactions between light and tissue can be used to characterize the optical
properties of the tissue. The purpose of this paper is to develop an algorithm that determines …