Optical pathlength measurements on adult head, calf and forearm and the head of the newborn infant using phase resolved optical spectroscopy

A Duncan, JH Meek, M Clemence… - Physics in Medicine …, 1995 - iopscience.iop.org
The authors have used an intensity modulated optical spectrometer, which measures the
phase shift across tissue experienced by intensity modulated near-infrared light, to …

Spectral dependence of temporal point spread functions in human tissues

M Essenpreis, CE Elwell, M Cope, P Van der Zee… - Applied …, 1993 - opg.optica.org
We have determined the spectral dependence of the temporal point spread functions of
human tissues experimentally between 740 and 840 nm in transmittance measurements on …

Time-resolved spectroscopy of the human forearm

M Ferrari, Q Wei, L Carraresi, RA De Blasi… - … of Photochemistry and …, 1992 - Elsevier
For spectroscopic purposes, the forearm is a conveniently large object to be investigated
because consistent oxygenation and blood volume changes can be obtained. Human …

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 …

Variability of human brain and muscle optical pathlength in different experimental conditions

M Ferrari, Q Wei, RA De Blasi… - … and Imaging in …, 1993 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Pathlength can be evaluated by measuring the time taken from a picosecond (psec) near
infrared (IR) laser pulse to cross tissue. Differential pathlength factor (DPF) is calculated by …

Numerical method for studying the detectability of inclusions hidden in optically turbid tissue

S Havlin, JE Kiefer, B Trus, GH Weiss, R Nossal - Applied optics, 1993 - opg.optica.org
We introduce an efficient numerical method for studying the detectability of absorptive
inclusions in a multiple-scattering optical medium. Use of the method is demonstrated by the …

Diffuse transmittance measurements of homogeneous and inhomogeneous cylindrical phantoms: comparison with FEM calculations

SG Proskurin, Y Tanikawa, IW Kwee… - … in Tissues II, 1996 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Time-resolved and continuous wave diffuse transmittances of near IR light through
cylindrical phantoms were measured for the purpose of inhomogeneity detection and image …

Measurement of changes in optical pathlength through human muscle during cuff occlusion on the arm

A Duncan, TL Whitlock, M Cope, DT Delpy - Optics & Laser Technology, 1995 - Elsevier
Concentration changes of haemoglobin and cytochromes indicative of tissue perfusion and
oxygenation can be quantitatively evaluated from near-infrared (NIR) measurements of …

The propagation of ps-laser-pulses through different bone structures

HG Eberle, J Beuthan, G Müller - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2000 - Elsevier
First results of angle and time resolved light scattering measurements performed on normal
and osteoporotic human bone tissue are presented. The principle of measurement is based …

Time resolved breast transillumination: analytical, numerical and experimental study

EB Haller - 1993 - infoscience.epfl.ch
This work is mainly dedicated to the study of light transport through biological tissues and
particularly the propagation of a light pulse. This study does not take into account the …