A time-resolved subtraction method for evaluating the optical properties of layered turbid media
(Conference Presentation)

Daniel Milej; Androu Abdalmalak; Mamadou Diop; Adam Liebert; Keith St. Lawrence

doi:10.1117/12.2209595

26 April 2016 A time-resolved subtraction method for evaluating the optical properties of layered turbid media (Conference Presentation)

Daniel Milej, Androu Abdalmalak, Mamadou Diop, Adam Liebert, Keith St. Lawrence

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Proceedings Volume 9706, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXVII; 970616 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209595
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The analysis of statistical moments of time-resolved (TR) diffuse optical signals can be used to evaluate the absorption and scattering coefficients of turbid media; however, this method requires careful measurement of the instrument response function. We propose an alternative approach that avoids this step by estimating the optical properties from the difference of TR measurements acquired at different source-detector separations. The efficiency of this method was validated using simulated data (from analytical model and Monte-Carlo simulations) and tissue-mimicking phantoms. Results for a homogenous and layered medium showed that the subtraction technique can accurately estimate the optical properties. Specifically, our preliminary results show that the method can estimate the optical properties of a homogeneous medium (simulated using μa = 0.1 mm-1, μs’ = 10 mm-1) with an error less than 10 %. Accurate results were obtained at source-detector separations large enough (5 mm or greater) to resolve differences in the moments. Moreover, we also observed that the subtraction method has improved depth sensitivity compared to the classic method of moments. These results suggests that time-resolved subtraction is a simple but effective means of quantifying optical properties of turbid media, in addition to offering a new approach for obtaining spatially sensitive measurements, although additional studies are required to confirm the latter.

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Daniel Milej, Androu Abdalmalak, Mamadou Diop, Adam Liebert, and Keith St. Lawrence "A time-resolved subtraction method for evaluating the optical properties of layered turbid media (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9706, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXVII, 970616 (26 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209595

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Optical properties

Monte Carlo methods

Data modeling

Tissue optics

Absorption

Error analysis

Medical research

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