Design and characterization of a phantom that simultaneously simulates tissue optical properties between 400 and 650 nm

Georges A. Wagnieres; Shangguan Cheng; Matthieu Zellweger; Nora Doegnitz-Utke; Daniel Braichotte; Jean-Pierre Ballini; Hubert van den Bergh

doi:10.1117/12.260824

6 December 1996 Design and characterization of a phantom that simultaneously simulates tissue optical properties between 400 and 650 nm

Georges A. Wagnieres, Shangguan Cheng, Matthieu Zellweger, Nora Doegnitz-Utke, Daniel Braichotte, Jean-Pierre Ballini, Hubert van den Bergh

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Proceedings Volume 2926, Optical Biopsies and Microscopic Techniques; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260824
Event: BiOS Europe '96, 1996, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

The design and characterization of optical phantoms which have the same absorption and scattering characteristics as biological tissues in a broad spectral window (between 400 and 650 nm) are presented. These low cost phantoms use agarose dissolved in water as the transparent matrix. The latter is loaded with various amounts of silicon dioxide, intralipid, ink, bovine serum, blood, azide, penicillin and fluorochromes. The silicon dioxide and intralipid particles are responsible for the light scattering whereas the ink and blood are the absorbers. The penicillin and the azide are used to insure the conservation of such phantoms when stored at 4 degrees Celsius. The serum and fluorochromes, such as Coumarin 30, produce an autofluorescence similar to human tissues. Various fluorochromes or photosensitizers can be added to these phantoms to simulate a photodetection procedure. The absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy of the dyes tested was not different in these phantoms than in live tissues. The mechanical properties of these gelatinous phantoms are also of interest as they can easily be molded and reshaped with a conventional cutter, so that for instance layered structures, with different optical properties in each layer, can be designed. The optical properties of these phantoms were determined between 400 and 650 nm by measuring their effective attenuation coefficient ((mu) _eff) and total reflectance (R_d). The microscopic absorption and reduced scattering coefficients ((mu) _a, (mu) _s^') were deduced from (mu) _eff and R_d using a Monte-Carlo simulation.

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Georges A. Wagnieres, Shangguan Cheng, Matthieu Zellweger, Nora Doegnitz-Utke, Daniel Braichotte, Jean-Pierre Ballini, and Hubert van den Bergh "Design and characterization of a phantom that simultaneously simulates tissue optical properties between 400 and 650 nm", Proc. SPIE 2926, Optical Biopsies and Microscopic Techniques, (6 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260824

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