生物组织的可见光与近红外光散射模型

对生物组织光学模型尤其是光散射特性进行了研究, 发现可以利用等效粒子数密度的粒度分布更精确地了解生物组织的光散射性质。在夫琅和费衍射近似下, 散射系数和散射相函数可以由等效粒子数密度的粒度分布得到。基于粒子粒度光散射测量技术, 所得结果可给出一种新的可行的测量生物组织光学性质参数的方法。     

Time-reversed ultrasonically encoded optical focusing into scattering media

Light focusing plays a central role in biomedical imaging, manipulation, and therapy. In scattering media, direct light focusing becomes infeasible beyond one transport mean free path. All previous methods1-3 to overcome this diffusion limit lack a practical internal "guide star."4 Here we proposed and experimentally validated a novel concept, called Time-Reversed Ultrasonically Encoded (TRUE) optical focusing, to deliver light into any dynamically defined location inside a scattering medium. First, diffused coherent light is encoded by a focused ultrasonic wave to provide a virtual internal "guide star"; then, only the encoded light is time-reversed and transmitted back to the ultrasonic focus. The TRUE optical focus-defined by the ultrasonic wave-is unaffected by multiple scattering of light. Such focusing is especially desirable in biological tissue where ultrasonic scattering is ~1000 times weaker than optical scattering. Various fields including biomedical and colloidal optics can benefit from TRUE optical focusing.     

Amplified extended modes in random lasers

We report on a new random laser phenomenon that gives rise to narrow emission modes without requiring optical cavities. Sharp emission peaks are observed experimentally over a broad range of scattering strengths and analyzed in numerical calculations. We find that the introduction of exponential gain in a multiple light scattering process strongly increases the importance of very long light paths. Such long paths are rare and often neglected in passive disordered materials but we show that they can dominate the emission spectrum from an amplifying disordered system.     

大空间生物组织透射的Monte Carlo模拟方法的加速

乳腺等类型生物组织的透射Monte Carlo模拟(简称MC模拟)耗时很长,这主要是由于被模拟的组织较厚和Monte Carlo模拟自身统计特性引起的所需光子数量多造成的。针对光源与接收面在同一直线上,采用光纤接收透射光的模型进行分析,通过考虑生物组织自身的光学特性,进行了边界约束和有效后向散射次数的限制来缩短仿真时间,经过多次实验验证,以两次散射所到位置为分界,并充分利用组织光学参数计算约束边界,计算相对比较简单,同时考虑到入射与出射的实际情况进行微扩,从而得到的约束边界。对光学参数相同但厚度不同的组织进行仿真,分析进入同一位置光纤的光子数所发生后向散射次数,发现后向散射次数随着组织厚度与散射系数的增大而增大,随着吸收系数与各向异性因子的增大而减小,通过限定后向散射次数来节省时间。仿真结果表明,在传统计算机上,该方法能够显著缩短MC模拟的运算时间50%左右,尤其适用于较厚且边界较为复杂的高散射物质的MC模拟。该提速方法主要应用于光源与接收面处于同一直线,且生物组织较厚,散射系数较大的情况,能够有效节约仿真所需时间,有利于分析组织透射成像。     

Wavefront Shaping for Fast Focusing Light through Scattering Media Based on Parallel Wavefront Optimization and Superpixel Method

When light travels in biological tissues,it undergoes multiple scattering and forms speckles,which seriousl.y restricts the penetration depth of optical imaging in biological tissues.With wavefront shaping method,by modulating the wavefront of incident light to compensate for the wavefront aberration,light focusing and scanning imaging through scattering media can be achieved.However,wavefront shaping must be accomplished within the speckle decorrelation time.Considering the short speckle decorrelation time of living tissues,the speed of wavefront shaping is rather essential We propose a new iterative optimization wavefront shaping method to improve the speed of wavefront shaping in which the existing parallel optimization wavefront shaping method is improved and is combined with the superpixel method.Compared with the traditional multi-frequency parallel optimization method,the modulation rate of our method is doubled.Moreover,we combine the high frame rate amplitude modulator,i.e.,the digital micromirror device(DMD),with the superpixel method to replace the traditional phase modulator(i.e.,spatial light modulator),which further increases the optimization speed.In our experiment,when the number of the optical modes is 400,light focusing is achieved with only 1000 DMD superpixel masks and the enhancement factor reaches 223.Our approach provides a new path for fast light focusing through wavefront shaping.     

Noninvasive determination of tissue optical properties based on radiative transfer theory

We present a feasibility study of a new method for determining the tissue optical properties, including the absorption and scattering coefficients and the scattering asymmetry factor. A state-of-the-art radiative transfer model for the coupled air/tissue system, based on rigorous radiative transfer theory, is used in our forward modeling simulations. The concept of the effective photon penetration depth is introduced and used to help determine the depth below, which information about the tissue will not be available through noninvasive imaging of a biological tissue using reflected diffuse light. Simulation results show that for accurate determination of tissue optical properties, one can use radiative transfer theory in conjunction with measurements of reflected radiances as well as other existing techniques.     

椭圆截面非球形颗粒群的多重光散射

尽管非球形下一些特殊形状颗粒的单散射已被得到,球形多颗粒系（颗粒群）的多重散射也被研究,但至今仍未得到非球形颗粒群的多重散射.文中建立了一类椭圆截面非球形颗粒模型,求得其散射相位函数,借助于辐射传播方程,考虑形状及大小分布,得到了该类颗粒群的多重光散射.在两种特例情况下的结果能与已有的结果符合较好,说明了方法的可靠性.计算分析表明：非球形颗粒群的多重散射光强角分布要比球形颗粒平坦.椭圆截面颗粒的粒度或形状参数越大,多重散射光越集中于小的散射角;粒度分布或形状分布越宽,多重散射光强的角分布越平坦.随着光学厚 关键词： 多重光散射 颗粒 非球形 椭圆截面     

光学CT图象重建的数值模拟研究─Kosenbrock坐标轮换法

时间分辨光学 ＣＴ技术因其对生物组织体的无损性，在生物成象领域引起了广泛的兴趣和研究，已提出许多方案，意在克服由于生物组织体中的多光散射效应所造成的成象障碍．本文简述了基于扩散方程近似的光学ＣＴ正向问题有限元解法，提出采用直接搜索优化算法一Ｒｏｓｅｎｂｒｏｃｋ坐标轮换法求解时间分辨光学 ＣＴ中的图象重建问题，给出了基于积分光强和光子平均飞行时间及其加权组合的二维图象重建问题的数值模拟结果，证实了该方法的可行性．     

光学CT图象重建的数值模拟研究─Kosenbrock坐标轮换法

时间分辨光学CT技术因其对生物组织体的无损性,在生物成象领域引起了广泛的兴趣和研究,已提出许多方案,意在克服由于生物组织体中的多光散射效应所造成的成象障碍.本文简述了基于扩散方程近似的光学CT正向问题有限元解法,提出采用直接搜索优化算法-Rosenbrock坐标轮换法求解时间分辨光学CT中的图象重建问题,给出了基于积分光强和光子平均飞行时间及其加权组合的二维图象重建问题的数值模拟结果,证实了该方法的可行性.     

一种新的生物医学用快速实时低相干显微成象原理

本文讨论了一种将共焦显微术与迈克耳逊干涉术相结合,并利用宽带低相干光源相干长度短的特点而形成的一种可对高密度非透明样品进行显微成象的方法,并将这种显微成象方法与共焦显微成象方法进行了比较,最后讨论了一种快速实时成象的原理,基于这种原理设计的仪器将为生物和医学工作者提供一种新的非侵入测量和诊断手段.     

Contribution of multiple scattering to the dielectric constant of a randomly inhomogeneous medium

Within the statistical theory of multiple scattering of light in random media, the dielectric constant of a suspension is represented as a diagram series in scattering orders and concentration of particles. The contributions of double and triple scattering events are determined. The extinction length and the transport mean free path in highly concentrated suspensions calculated with the use of the optical theorem are in good agreement with the available data. It is shown that the two-particle Born approximation, combined with the Mie form factor and the Percus-Yevick structure factor, is not adequate for systems with a high concentration of scatterers. A contribution to the optical parameters is found that is missing in the above approximation.     

基于蒙特卡罗模拟的散射介质中后向光散射模型及分析应用

构建了内光源模型探讨散射介质中的光散射现象,利用蒙特卡罗方法研究了逃逸出组织的后向散射光子数随光子在组织内部发生的散射次数的分布关系,探讨了光源照明方式、辐射强度、接收方式、调制等参数的变化对后向散射的影响,结果表明后向散射光子的数量随散射次数的分布并非简单的单调递增或递减,而是一条先增大后减小出现峰值的曲线. 峰值位置、峰值大小及曲线形状与光源、探测方式、组织光学特性参数等有关. 关键词： 医用光学与生物技术 散射介质 后向散射 蒙特卡罗模拟     

Analytical multiple scattering extension of the mie theory

Multiple scattering of light in aerosol is described in a simple picture within the framework of the Mie theory. Our approach leads to an analytical expression of the n-fold scattered electromagnetic field and then to a generalization of the optical parameters. The multiple scattering contributions are calculated avoiding the convergency and stability problems which are often encountered in standard numerical approaches. These problems occur due to the large number of events that have to be taken into account when large optical depths and/or a low signal to noise level exists. Such conditions are frequently encountered in atmospheric measurements.     

Polarimetry group theory analysis in biological tissue phantoms by Mueller coherency matrix

The characterization of biological tissues by optical techniques provides several advantages over other techniques. Optical techniques enable to perform high resolution and contrast imaging, in a non-invasive way and with no-contact. Biological tissues are turbid media that strongly scatter light. The ultrastructure of some tissues makes them present a certain degree of anisotropy. Both scattering and anisotropy affect light polarization. Some pathologies alter these characteristics of the tissue. As a consequence polarized light can be used to extract additional information and achieve a better diagnosis.In this work, Group Theory is applied to analyse the polarization behavior of several samples. Firstly, the Mueller matrix for each sample is measured. Then, the Mueller Coherency matrix is obtained by means of the SU(4)-O + (6) homomorphism. Finally, the target decomposition theorem is applied by analyzing the eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and subsequently the different polarimetric effects are separated. In this way, the contrast of tissue imaging can be increased. This analysis is applied to biological tissue phantoms, which consisted on glucose suspensions of polystyrene spheres with different scatterer concentrations. Their behaviour can be modeled by means of single or multiple scattering depending on the concentration, either in the Rayleigh or Mie regimes. The same procedure could be used in a wide range of applications, like the study of cancerous cells that grow without control in cell cultures, or erythrocytes monitoring in anemia. The technique also has a great potential to be applied in Polarization Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography (PS-OCT).     

光学厚度对颗粒媒质的多重散射的影响

基于辐射传播方程及多重散射基础理论,利用Fraunhofer近似,对颗粒媒质的多重散射光强进行了计算。研究了光学厚度对多重散射的影响,揭示了多重光散射的角分布特征,光强大小随光学厚度的变化,以及单散射引起的误差等方面的规律。为实际的颗粒媒质的光学测量等提供了理论根据。     

纺织纤维光散射特性的模拟与实验

纺织纤维的光散射特性在纺织材料微观结构、光学性质以及无损检测中至关重要。利用纺织纤维各向异性的结构特点改进现有的角谱展开法,得到纺织纤维对倾斜入射平面波的散射以及表征其光散射特性的Mueller矩阵。采用蒙特卡罗算法模拟了平行棉纤维束对倾斜入射偏振光的多次散射,并对其计算结果进行了实验验证。结果表明理论计算和实验测量的散射光斑在形状特征、光强分布上均一致,从而验证了蒙特卡洛方法模拟纺织纤维光散射的正确性。结果同时也表明蒙特卡罗方法在纺织材料光传播特性的理论研究中具有重要的指导意义。     

Polarization preservation in diffusive scattering from in vivo turbid biological media: effects of tissue optical absorption in the exact backscattering direction

There is considerable recent interest in using polarized light to investigate turbid biological media. Although tissue multiple scattering randomizes incident polarization states, there are circumstances when appreciable degree of polarization can be observed in diffusive scattering. In this study, we use polarization modulation and synchronous detection to examine in the exact backscattering direction the polarization properties of diffusely reflected visible light from hands of human volunteers of varying pigmentation levels. The surviving polarization fraction increases with increasing pigmentation, likely due to preferential loss of highly scattered, long-pathlength photons; this mechanism lowers the average pathlength traversed by the detected light and hence increases the measured polarization preservation. This behavior is contrasted with the overall diffuse reflectance intensity, whose magnitude decreases with increasing absorption. These experiments demonstrate the important influences of medium optical properties on the polarization characteristics of multiply scattered light, which must be further investigated to enable quantitative polarization evaluation of turbid media such as biological tissues.     

Nanoparticles with unconventional scattering properties: Size effects

Nanostructured metamaterials offer new and interesting possibilities in nanophotonics because of the unusual optical properties they possess in the optical frequency domain. Kerker et al. [27] were pioneers in studying particles with a wide range of optical constants. They considered conditions for which the light scattering in the forward and backward directions could be zero for dipole-like particles. In this work, we have analyzed the behaviour of these two conditions when the particles have a finite-size in the nanometric range. In addition, we consider similar conditions for other scattering directions. Such conditions can be useful for designing light guides for optical communications or biomedical treatments.     

Extrinsic fibre-optic sensors for remote measurement: Part two

The impact of incorporating fibre optic components into well established optical techniques such as laser Doppler velocimetry, non-contact vibration measurement, holography and light scattering, is discussed in the two sections of this paper. The possibilities range from simply including a fibre ‘optic link’ in a conventional system to facilitate measurements in difficult or remote areas, to the realization of entirely new optical configurations in which virtually all of the conventional optical components have been replaced by their fibre-optic equivalents. In part two laser velocimetry, vibration measurement, holography and scattering are discussed.     

Light scattering by a spherical particle with multiple densely packed inclusions

This paper calculates light scattering by a spherical water particle containing densely packed inclusions at a visible wavelength 0.55 \mum by a combination of ray-tracing and Monte Carlo techniques. While the individual reflection and refraction events at the outer boundary of a sphere particle are considered by a ray-tracing program, the Monte Carlo routine simulates internal scattering processes. The main advantage of this method is that the shape of the particle can be arbitrary, and multiple scattering can be considered in the internal scattering processes. A dense-medium light-scattering theory based on the introduction of the static structure factor is used to calculate the phase function and asymmetry parameters for densely packed inclusions. Numerical results of the single scattering characteristics for a sphere containing multiple densely packed inclusions are given.