Quantitative measurement of attenuation coefficients of weakly scattering media using optical coherence tomography

DJ Faber, FJ Van Der Meer, MCG Aalders… - Optics express, 2004 - opg.optica.org
From calibrated, weakly scattering tissue phantoms (2-6 mm-1), we extract the attenuation
coefficient with an accuracy of 0.8 mm-1 from OCT data in the clinically relevant??? fixed …

Validation of quantitative attenuation and backscattering coefficient measurements by optical coherence tomography in the concentration-dependent and multiple …

M Almasian, N Bosschaart… - … of biomedical optics, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has the potential to quantitatively measure optical
properties of tissue such as the attenuation coefficient and backscattering coefficient …

Parametric imaging of attenuation by optical coherence tomography: review of models, methods, and clinical translation

P Gong, M Almasian, G Van Soest… - … of biomedical optics, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides cross-sectional and volumetric
images of backscattering from biological tissue that reveal the tissue morphology. The …

Depth-resolved model-based reconstruction of attenuation coefficients in optical coherence tomography

KA Vermeer, J Mo, JJA Weda, HG Lemij… - Biomedical optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We present a method, based on a single scattering model, to calculate the attenuation
coefficient of each pixel in optical coherence tomography (OCT) depth profiles. Numerical …

Performance of single-scattering model versus multiple-scattering model in the determination of optical properties of biological tissue with optical coherence …

P Lee, W Gao, X Zhang - Applied optics, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Tissue optical properties can be determined with optical coherence tomography (OCT) by
fitting a model to the OCT signal. Using calibrated samples in the fixed focus geometry, the …

Parametric imaging of the local attenuation coefficient in human axillary lymph nodes assessed using optical coherence tomography

L Scolaro, RA McLaughlin, BR Klyen… - Biomedical optics …, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We report the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to determine spatially localized
optical attenuation coefficients of human axillary lymph nodes and their use to generate …

Review of methods and applications of attenuation coefficient measurements with optical coherence tomography

S Chang, AK Bowden - Journal of biomedical optics, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The optical attenuation coefficient (AC), an important tissue parameter that measures how
quickly incident light is attenuated when passing through a medium, has been shown to …

Precision of measurement of tissue optical properties with optical coherence tomography

AI Kholodnykh, IY Petrova, KV Larin, M Motamedi… - Applied …, 2003 - opg.optica.org
Accurate and noninvasive measurement of tissue optical properties can be used for
biomedical diagnostics and monitoring of tissue analytes. Noninvasive measurement of …

Determination of optical scattering properties of highly-scattering media in optical coherence tomography images

D Levitz, L Thrane, MH Frosz, PE Andersen… - Optics express, 2004 - opg.optica.org
We developed a new algorithm that fits optical coherence tomography (OCT) signals as a
function of depth to a general theoretical OCT model which takes into account multiple …

Separation of absorption and scattering profiles in spectroscopic optical coherence tomography using a least-squares algorithm

C Xu, DL Marks, MN Do, SA Boppart - Optics express, 2004 - opg.optica.org
In spectroscopic optical coherence tomography, it is important and useful to separately
estimate the absorption and the scattering properties of tissue. In this paper, we propose a …