Title :
Efficient Photosensitizers for Trans-illumination and Optical Imaging
Author :
Giakos, G.C. ; Bathini, P. ; Valluru, K. ; Paturi, S. ; Ambadipudi, K. ; Sukumar, S. ; Mandadi, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Akron Akron, Akron, OH
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to explore novel concepts of light enhancement mechanisms and trans-illumination imaging techniques. Specifically, the impact of glucose molecules, amino acids and other polar molecules on the light beam profile enhancement characteristics of a trans-illumination system, such as beam intensity, contrast resolution, signal-to-noise ratio and signal- to-background ratio have been studied, under a variety of experimental scenarios. The outcome of this study can be extended to a variety of clinical and diagnostic applications and techniques.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biochemistry; biological tissues; biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; molecular biophysics; photochemistry; amino acids; beam intensity; clinical applications; contrast resolution; efficient photosensitizers; glucose molecules; light enhancement mechanisms; optical imaging technique; polar molecules; signal-to-background ratio; signal-to-noise ratio; trans-illumination imaging techniques; Biomedical optical imaging; Doping; Optical devices; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Proteins; Sugar; efficient photosensitizers; high contrast; high signal-to noise ratio; optically active media doping; trans-illumination systems;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2008. IMTC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1540-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1091-5281
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547335
