Poor optical stability of molecular dyes when used as absorbers in water-based tissue-simulating phantoms

Blaž Cugmas; Peter Naglič; Sunil Paul Matthew Menachery; Franjo Pernuš; Boštjan Likar

doi:10.1117/12.2506977

27 February 2019 Poor optical stability of molecular dyes when used as absorbers in water-based tissue-simulating phantoms

Blaž Cugmas, Peter Naglič, Sunil Paul Matthew Menachery, Franjo Pernuš, Boštjan Likar

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Proceedings Volume 10870, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies XII; 108700N (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506977
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Biomedical optical systems and models can be easily validated by the use of tissue-simulating phantoms. They can consist of water-based turbid media which often include inks (India ink and molecular dyes) as absorbers. Optical stability of commonly exploited inks under the influence of light, pH changes and the addition of TiO₂ and surfactant, was studied. We found that the exposure to ultraviolet and visible light can crucially affect the absorption properties of molecular dyes. On average, absorption peaks decreased by 47.3% in 150 exposure hours. Furthermore, dilution can affect ink’s pH and by that, its decay rate under light exposure. When TiO₂ was added to the phantoms, all molecular dyes decayed rapidly. Photocatalytic nature of TiO₂ can be partially avoided by selecting TiO₂ with surface and crystal structure modification. Surfactant, normally present in the phantoms with polystyrene spheres, can cause absorption peak shifts up to 20 nm and amplitude changes of 29.6%. Therefore, it is crucial to test the optical stability of inks in the presented manner before their exploitation in water-based phantoms.

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Blaž Cugmas, Peter Naglič, Sunil Paul Matthew Menachery, Franjo Pernuš, and Boštjan Likar "Poor optical stability of molecular dyes when used as absorbers in water-based tissue-simulating phantoms", Proc. SPIE 10870, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies XII, 108700N (27 February 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506977

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