Photon migration in biological tissues, their optical properties and imaging

Author

Yamada, Y. ; Sassaroli, A. ; Martelli, F. ; Feng Gao ; Huijuan Zhao ; Onodera, Y. ; Tanikawa, Y. ; Tanaka, K. ; Araki, R.

Author_Institution

Mech. Eng. Lab., Minist. of Economy, Trade & Ind., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

This paper reviews the phenomenon of photon migration in biological tissues which strongly scatter and weakly absorb light in the near infrared wavelength range. The optical properties of tissues are given, and the methods of obtaining optical tomographic images are introduced.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; absorption coefficients; bio-optics; biological tissues; biomedical imaging; image reconstruction; inverse problems; light scattering; optical tomography; photon transport theory; turbidity; Monte Carlo simulation; absorbing media; biological tissues; deterministic methods; diffusion approximation; image reconstruction; integrating sphere method; inverse Monte Carlo method; inversion algorithms; near infrared wavelength range; optical properties; optical tomographic images; optical window; photon migration; radiant energy balance; radiative transfer; scattering media; statistical methods; time-dependent integro-partial differential equation; time-resolved measurement; Absorption; Biological system modeling; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Integral equations; Light scattering; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Partial differential equations; Particle scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967878

Filename

967878