Design and testing of a white-light, steady-state diffuse reflectance spectrometer for determination of optical properties of highly scattering systems

MG Nichols, EL Hull, TH Foster - Applied optics, 1997 - opg.optica.org
We present a steady-state radially resolved diffuse reflectance spectrometer capable of
measuring the absorption and transport scattering spectra of tissue-simulating phantoms …

Determination of optical properties in heterogeneous turbid media using a cylindrical diffusing fiber

A Dimofte, JC Finlay, X Liang… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
For interstitial photodynamic therapy (PDT), cylindrical diffusing fibers (CDFs) are often used
to deliver light. This study examines the feasibility and accuracy of using CDFs to …

Sequential estimation of optical properties of a two-layered epithelial tissue model from depth-resolved ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectra

Q Liu, N Ramanujam - Applied optics, 2006 - opg.optica.org
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 …

Measuring tissue optical properties in vivo using reflectance-mode confocal microscopy and OCT

SL Jacques, R Samatham… - … Applications of Light …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The ability to separately measure the scattering coefficient (μ s [cm-1]) and the anisotropy (g)
is difficult, especially when measuring an in vivo site that can not be excised for bench-top …

Anisotropy of light propagation in human skin

S Nickell, M Hermann, M Essenpreis… - Physics in Medicine …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
Using spatially resolved, steady state diffuse reflectometry, a directional dependence was
found in the propagation of visible and near infrared light through human skin in vivo. The …

Quantification of the reduced scattering coefficient and phase-function-dependent parameter γ of turbid media using multidiameter single fiber reflectance …

UA Gamm, SC Kanick, H Sterenborg, DJ Robinson… - Optics letters, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Multidiameter single fiber reflectance (MDSFR) spectroscopy is a method that allows the
quantification of μs′ and the phase-function-dependent parameter γ of a turbid medium by …

Development of time-resolved spectroscopy system for quantitative noninvasive tissue measurement

M Miwa, Y Ueda, B Chance - Optical Tomography, Photon …, 1995 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Near IR time resolved spectroscopy has been studied for quantitative determination of
absorbance in highly scattering medium such as tissue. When a very narrow optical pulse is …

Fiber optic reflectance spectrophotometry system for in vivo tissue diagnosis

K Ono, M Kanda, J Hiramoto, K Yotsuya, N Sato - Applied optics, 1991 - opg.optica.org
Fiber optic probes for a small portable reflectance spectrophotometry system for noninvasive
clinical diagnosis have been developed. A slender fiber optic probe, 3 m long, 2.4-mm …

Monte Carlo lookup table-based inverse model for extracting optical properties from tissue-simulating phantoms using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

R Hennessy, SL Lim, MK Markey… - Journal of biomedical …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present a Monte Carlo lookup table (MCLUT)-based inverse model for extracting optical
properties from tissue-simulating phantoms. This model is valid for close source-detector …

Broad bandwidth frequency domain instrument for quantitative tissue optical spectroscopy

TH Pham, O Coquoz, JB Fishkin, E Anderson… - Review of scientific …, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
Near-infrared (NIR) optical properties of turbid media, eg, tissue, can be accurately
quantified noninvasively using methods based on diffuse reflectance or transmittance, such …