• DocumentCode
    1769403
  • Title

    A depth perturbation method for determining depth of fluorophore in tissue

  • Author

    Tuo Zhou ; Ando, Takehiro ; Hongen Liao ; Koyashi, Etsuko ; Sakuma, Ichiro

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Precision Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Estimating bio-distribution of fluorophore in tissue is challenging. In this paper, we demonstrated that our depth perturbation method can accurately determine depth of fluorophore located in tissue as deep as 5.8 mm (in epi-illumination geometry) by phantom experiments.
  • Keywords
    biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; optical tomography; perturbation theory; phantoms; biological tissue; depth perturbation method; epi-illumination geometry; fluorophore biodistribution; phantom; Educational institutions; Fluorescence; Laser beams; Optical imaging; Phantoms; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988315