Optical properties of human skin in the near infrared wavelength range of 1000 to 2200 nm
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In this paper we present the absorption coefficient µa and the isotropic scattering coefficient µ's for 22 human skin samples measured using a double integrating sphere apparatus in the wavelength range of 1000–2200 nm. These in vitro results show that values for µa follow 70% of the absorption coefficient of water and values for µ's range from 3 to 16 cm?1. From the measured optical properties, it was found that a 2% Intralipid solution provides a suitable skin tissue phantom.
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- Authors
- Troy, T. L., & Thennadil, S. N.
- Affiliations
- Instrumentation Metrics, Inc.
- Instrumentation Metrics
- ORCID
- Thennadil, Suresh N.
- Venue
- Journal of Biomedical Optics
- Publisher
- SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
- Published
- 2001-04-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 02
- Pages
- 167-176
- ISSN
- 1083-3668 (ISSN-L)
- 1560-2281
- OpenAlex
- W2136279246
- Cited by
- 420
- References
- 20
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- FWCI
- 8.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Biomedical Optics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Keywords
- human skin, optical properties, absorption coefficient, near-infrared, tissue phantoms, Intralipid, double integrating sphere, water absorption
- MeSH terms
- Fat Emulsions, Intravenous, Humans, Infrared Rays, Models, Theoretical, Scattering, Radiation, Skin Physiological Phenomena, Phantoms, Imaging, Optics and Photonics
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