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Estimation of optical pathlength through tissue from direct time of flight measurement

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Delpy, D T, Cope, M, Zee, P van der, Arridge, S, Wray, S, Wyatt, J·1988·Physics in Medicine and Biology
DOI 10.1088/0031-9155/33/12/008
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Quantitation of near infrared spectroscopic data in a scattering medium such as tissue requires knowledge of the optical pathlength in the medium. This can now be estimated directly from the time of flight of picosecond length light pulses. Monte Carlo modelling of light pulses in tissue has shown that the mean value of the time dispersed light pulse correlates with the pathlength used in quantitative spectroscopic calculations. This result has been verified in a phantom material. Time of flight measurements of pathlength across the rat head give a pathlength of 5.3 +/- 0.3 times the head diameter.

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Authors
Delpy, D. T., Cope, M., Zee, P. V. D., Arridge, S., Wray, S., & Wyatt, J.
Venue
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Published
1988-12-01
Volume
33
Issue
12
Pages
1433-1442
ISSN
  • 0031-9155 (ISSN-L)
  • 1361-6560
DOI
10.1088/0031-9155/33/12/008
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en
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Delpy, D. T., Cope, M., Zee, P. V. D., Arridge, S., Wray, S., & Wyatt, J. (1988). Estimation of optical pathlength through tissue from direct time of flight measurement. Physics in Medicine and Biology. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/33/12/008

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