DocumentCode
1111615
Title
Pulsed photothermal radiometry of human artery
Author
Long, Frederick H. ; Deutsch, Thomas F.
Author_Institution
Wellman Research Labs. of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Volume
23
Issue
10
fYear
1987
fDate
10/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1821
Lastpage
1826
Abstract
Pulsed photothermal radiometry (PPTR) has been used to measure, in vitro, the optical attenuation coefficients of normal and diseased human artery at four wavelengths (308, 351, 488, 532 nm) in the near UV and visible spectrum. The advantages and limitations of this noncontact method of measuring the optical properties of biological material, as well as other potential applications, are discussed.
Keywords
Blood vessels; Infrared radiometry; Laser applications, measurement; Laser biomedical applications; Optical propagation in absorbing media; Arteries; Attenuation measurement; Biomedical optical imaging; Humans; In vitro; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Radiometry; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1987.1073232
Filename
1073232
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