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Measuring Spatially- and Directionally-varying Light Scattering from Biological Material
Published on: May 20, 2013
Method to quantitatively estimate wavelength-dependent scattering properties from multidiameter single fiber
Stephen C Kanick1, Ute A Gamm, Henricus J C M Sterenborg
1Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. s.kanick@erasmusmc.nl
Abstract:
This study utilizes experimentally validated Monte Carlo simulations to identify a mathematical formulation of the reflectance intensity collected by a single fiber probe expressed in terms of the reduced scattering coefficient (μs'), fiber diameter d(fiber), and a property of the first two moments of the scattering phase function (γ). This model is then utilized to accurately obtain wavelength-dependent estimates of μs'(λ) and γ(λ) from multiple single fiber spectral measurements of a turbid medium obtained with different diameters. This method returns accurate descriptions (mean residual <3%) of both μs' and γ across the biologically relevant range.
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