Measurements of wavelength dependent scattering and backscattering coefficients by low-coherence spectroscopy

Nienke Bosschaart, Dirk J. Faber, Ton G. van Leeuwen, Maurice C.G. Aalders

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Abstract

Quantitative measurements of scattering properties are invaluable for optical techniques in medicine. However, noninvasive, quantitative measurements of scattering properties over a large wavelength range remain challenging. We introduce low-coherence spectroscopy as a noninvasive method to locally and simultaneously measure scattering μs and backscattering μb coefficients from 480 to 700 nm with 8 nm spectral resolution. The method is tested on media with varying scattering properties (μs = 1 to 34 mm−1 and μb = 2.10−6 to 2.10−3 mm−1), containing different sized polystyrene spheres. The results are in excellent agreement with Mie theory
Original languageEnglish
Article number030503
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of biomedical optics
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

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