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Measurement of optical properties of biological tissues by low-coherence reflectometry
Abstract
We show that optical properties of dense biological tissues can be determined from backscattered power curves measured by a low-coherence reflectometer. Our measurement approach is based on a first-order scattering theory that relates the backscattered power to the total and backscattering cross sections of scatterers in a turbid medium. As a validation of the technique, measurements were made with a commercially available reflectometer on suspensions of polystyrene microspheres having known optical properties. With this reflectometer, which employs a 1300-nm LED source that emits less than 20 µW, we found that skin tissues could be probed to a depth of nearly 1 mm. Estimates of optical coefficients of human dermis and of a variety of excised animal tissues are given.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Schmitt, J. M., Knüttel, A., & Bonner, R. F.
- Venue
- Applied Optics
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 1993-10-20
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 30
- Pages
- 6032
- ISSN
- 0003-6935 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-4522
- OpenAlex
- W2092668319
- Cited by
- 355
- References
- 20
- FWCI
- 9.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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