クロモフォアの絶対濃度と前腕筋肉のパッチ長さの差分因子を,スペクトル派生を用いて同時に推定する

Jeremy C Hebden1

  • 1Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.

Biomedical optics express
|February 16, 2026
PubMed
まとめ

この研究では,近赤外線スペクトルを使用して,組織染色体濃度,微分パッチ長度因子 (DPF),および散乱特性を正確に測定するための新しい方法が紹介されています. このテクニックは,パラメータを現実的な生理学的範囲に制限することで,精度を高めます.

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