Title :
Models of remote optical sensing in layered tissues
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Abstract :
An analysis of time-resolved photon propagation through layered biological structures is discussed. The emphasis is on time-resolved measurements, specifically of hemoglobin oxygenation in the head. Photon transit through a rat head is used as an illustrative example
Keywords :
biophysics; blood; brain; light propagation; molecular biophysics; physiological models; proteins; skin; hemoglobin oxygenation; layered biological structures; photon transit; rat head; time-resolved photon propagation; Absorption; Biological system modeling; Biomedical optical imaging; Blood; Buildings; Detectors; Optical propagation; Optical sensors; Probes; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 Sixteenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
State College, PA
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1990.66305
