Biophotonics of skin: method for correction of deep Raman spectra distorted by elastic scattering

Blandine Roig; Anne Koenig; François Perraut; Olivier Piot; Cyril Gobinet; Michel Manfait; Jean-Marc Dinten

doi:10.1117/12.2077216

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5 March 2015 Biophotonics of skin: method for correction of deep Raman spectra distorted by elastic scattering

Blandine Roig, Anne Koenig, François Perraut, Olivier Piot, Cyril Gobinet, Michel Manfait, Jean-Marc Dinten

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Proceedings Volume 9318, Optical Biopsy XIII: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis; 93180L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077216
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Confocal Raman microspectroscopy allows in-depth molecular and conformational characterization of biological tissues non-invasively. Unfortunately, spectral distortions occur due to elastic scattering. Our objective is to correct the attenuation of in-depth Raman peaks intensity by considering this phenomenon, enabling thus quantitative diagnosis. In this purpose, we developed PDMS phantoms mimicking skin optical properties used as tools for instrument calibration and data processing method validation. An optical system based on a fibers bundle has been previously developed for in vivo skin characterization with Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS). Used on our phantoms, this technique allows checking their optical properties: the targeted ones were retrieved. Raman microspectroscopy was performed using a commercial confocal microscope. Depth profiles were constructed from integrated intensity of some specific PDMS Raman vibrations. Acquired on monolayer phantoms, they display a decline which is increasing with the scattering coefficient. Furthermore, when acquiring Raman spectra on multilayered phantoms, the signal attenuation through each single layer is directly dependent on its own scattering property. Therefore, determining the optical properties of any biological sample, obtained with DRS for example, is crucial to correct properly Raman depth profiles. A model, inspired from S.L. Jacques's expression for Confocal Reflectance Microscopy and modified at some points, is proposed and tested to fit the depth profiles obtained on the phantoms as function of the reduced scattering coefficient. Consequently, once the optical properties of a biological sample are known, the intensity of deep Raman spectra distorted by elastic scattering can be corrected with our reliable model, permitting thus to consider quantitative studies for purposes of characterization or diagnosis.

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Blandine Roig, Anne Koenig, François Perraut, Olivier Piot, Cyril Gobinet, Michel Manfait, and Jean-Marc Dinten "Biophotonics of skin: method for correction of deep Raman spectra distorted by elastic scattering", Proc. SPIE 9318, Optical Biopsy XIII: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis, 93180L (5 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077216

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