Title :
Techniques for Reflectance-Based Determination of Optical Properties in Highly Attenuating Turbid Media
Author :
Sharma, D. ; Agrawal, A. ; Matchette, S. ; Pfefer, J.
Author_Institution :
Food & Drug Adm., Center for Devices & Radiol. Health, Rockville, MD
Abstract :
Optical property measurement accuracy was evaluated for fiberoptic reflectance system with linear-array and bifurcated-fiber probes. A combined approach yielded a 75% reduction in errors for absorption and reduced scattering coefficients as compared to our previous system
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; bio-optics; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; fibre optic sensors; reflectivity; absorption coefficient; bifurcated-fiber probe; fiberoptic reflectance system; linear-array fiber probe; optical property measurement accuracy; reduced scattering coefficient; reflectance-based determination; turbid media attenuation; Biomedical optical imaging; Imaging phantoms; Neural networks; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical scattering; Probes; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549237
