Design and testing of a white-light, steady-state diffuse reflectance spectrometer for determination of optical properties of highly scattering systems

被引:143
作者
Nichols, MG [1 ]
Hull, EL [1 ]
Foster, TH [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ROCHESTER,DEPT RADIOL,ROCHESTER,NY 14642
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1997年 / 36卷 / 01期
关键词
diffuse reflectance; diffusion theory; Monte Carlo; tissue optics;
D O I
10.1364/AO.36.000093
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present a steady-state radially resolved diffuse reflectance spectrometer capable of measuring the absorption and transport scattering spectra of tissue-simulating phantoms over an adjustable 170-nm wavelength interval in the visible and near infrared. Measurements in a variety of phantoms are demonstrated over the relevant range of tissue optical properties, and the accuracy of the instrument is found to be approximately 10% in both scattering and absorption. Monte Carlo simulations designed to test the accuracy of the instrument are presented that support the experimental findings. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America
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页码:93 / 104
页数:12
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