Optical properties of brain tissue

Adriana Taddeucci; Fabrizio Martelli; Marco Barilli; Marco Ferrari; Giovanni Zaccanti

doi:10.1117/12.227816

1 January 1996 Optical properties of brain tissue

Adriana Taddeucci, Fabrizio Martelli, Marco Barilli, Marco Ferrari, Giovanni Zaccanti

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 1, Issue 1, (January 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.227816

Abstract

The single scattering properties (extinction coefficient and scattering function at small forward scattering angles) of bovine and swine brain were obtained from transmissometric measurements on thin slices of tissues at l=633 nm. Large differences between the optical properties of white and gray matter were observed, whereas minor differences were found between bovine and swine samples. For gray matter, values between 10 and 30 mm^-1 were obtained for the extinction coefficient. The scattering function was strongly forward peaked, indicating a highly anisotropic scattering. For white matter, values between 100 and 250 mm^-1 were measured for the extinction coefficient. These values were so large that it was impossible to obtain a sample thin enough to measure the scattering function in single scattering conditions.

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Adriana Taddeucci, Fabrizio Martelli, Marco Barilli, Marco Ferrari, and Giovanni Zaccanti "Optical properties of brain tissue," Journal of Biomedical Optics 1(1), (1 January 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.227816

Published: 1 January 1996

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