脑组织漫反射光谱与约化散射系数的斜率估算法

约化散射系数是生物组织光学研究中的一个重要的组织光学参数。利用微光纤探头与光纤光谱仪组成漫反射光谱采集系统对脑组织约化散射系数的实时在位测量进行研究。通过悬乳液与模拟胶模型实验推导了700～850nm波段约化散射系数与漫反射光谱斜率绝对值的关系式,用模型对公式的计算精度进行验证,利用该系统实时在位测量了20只大鼠脑组织在700nm、750nm和800nm处的约化散射系数。经统计分析,大鼠脑白质约化散射系数在上述波长处分别为30±5cm-1、28±5cm-1和25±6cm-1,脑灰质约化散射系数则分别为14±3cm-1、13±3cm-1和12±3cm-1。脑组织约化散射系数实时在位测量对脑外科微创手术中的组织识别具有重要的参考意义。     

基于漫反射光谱的组织光学参数测量系统与方法研究

在体组织光学参数测量是生物医学光子学研究重点,不仅为人体成分无创检测、光学成像、光动力疗法等研究提供基础,并且可以快速获取人体光学参数变化,为临床诊断提供依据。研究了利用单一源探距离漫反射光谱在体测量光学参数的测量系统与反构方法。漫反射光谱测量系统由宽谱光源、高分辨光纤光谱仪及光纤探头组成,结构简单,测量方便,可准确快速测量样品漫反射光谱。在光纤探头几何形状基础上,研究了光纤收集及系统传递函数,在此基础上对反构算法进行了校正。光学参数反构算法中正向模型基于Monte Carlo以及神经网络方法,适用光学参数范围大,计算速度快;逆向算法采用主成分分析与非线性建模拟合相结合的方法,可抑制测量噪声影响。在测量系统及反构算法基础上,进行了组织仿体光学参数测量实验,结果表明,利用单一源探距离下漫反射谱,可以较为准确获取吸收系数以及约化散射系数,均方根误差分别达到4.58%以及7.92%。为保证系统测量准确性,测量波长范围应覆盖样品中所含吸收物质吸收峰范围。所研究的在体组织光学参数测量方法为人体成分无创检测及测量条件变化获取提供了基础。     

Determination of human skin optical properties in vivo from reflectance spectroscopic measurements

A novel approach has been proved to quickly and non-invasively determine the optical properties of human skin in vivo. It is based on the diffuse reflectance approximation model and subjected to the well established library of absorption spectra of water and hemoglobin. Under the nonlinear least-square algorithm, fitting the measured spectra in the range of 400-1000 nm to the diffusion approximation model, the reduced scattering coefficient and absorption coefficient of skin tissue can be quickly determined in vivo. The results show that this method is convenient and suitable for the real-time clinical application.     

颅脑创伤近红外实时监测技术研究

采用一套专门设计的由微创光纤探头组成的光纤光谱仪生物组织光学参数测试系统,对颅脑创伤的大鼠创伤侧和对照侧进行近红外光谱检测及脑水含量(brain water content:BWC)测定.通过采用Feeney's自由落体撞击法建立大鼠急性局灶性脑挫裂伤模型,以近红外光谱技术和干湿比重法监测伤后脑水肿的变化.实验发现:伤后1 h,伤侧脑组织已发生水肿,伤后24～72 h,伤侧脑水肿达高峰,随后逐渐下降;用脱水剂后,脑水肿情况逐渐好转,随着药物失效,水肿又一次发生.生物组织优化散射系数(Reduced Scat-tering Coefficient:μ's)与Bwc的变化规律一致,有很好的线性相关性,能够较好的反映脑组织水肿程度以及药物脱水效果.证实近红外光谱技术用于颅脑创伤实时监测的可行性,为颅脑创伤的研究提出了一种新技术.     

Optical properties of the subcutaneous adipose tissue in the spectral range 400–2500 nm

The optical characteristics of subcutaneous adipose tissue are studied in the wavelength range 400–2500 nm. The experiments are conducted in vitro using a Cary 2415 spectrophotometer. Based on the measured diffuse reflectance and total transmittance spectra, the spectra of the absorption and transport scattering coefficients are calculated in terms of the inverse adding-doubling method.     

Estimation of the scattering coefficients of turbid media using angle-resolved optical frequency-domain imaging

Noninvasive measurements of the scattering coefficients of optically turbid media using angle-resolved optical frequency-domain imaging (OFDI) are demonstrated. It is shown that, by incoherently averaging OFDI reflectance signals acquired at different backscattering angles, speckle noise is reduced, allowing scattering coefficients to be extracted from a single A-line with much higher accuracy than with measurements from conventional OFDI and optical coherence tomography systems. Modeling speckle as a random phasor sum, the relationship between the measurement accuracy and the number of compounded angles is derived. The sensitivity analysis is validated with measurements from a tissue phantom.     

吲哚菁绿对大鼠脑皮层血管近红外光学特性及光学相干层析成像的影响

研究观察了吲哚菁绿(ICG)对大鼠脑皮层血管近红外光谱学特性及光学相干层析成像(OCT)的影响。实验中,将SD大鼠颞部开颅,暴露并标记大脑中动脉,给予动物尾静脉注射ICG溶液,应用可见-近红外反射光谱仪和OCT系统检测脑皮层血管反射光谱的动态变化和衰减系数的特征性变化。结果显示,ICG注射后,大脑中动脉的反射光谱在ICG的吸收峰(800nm)左右出现一个特异性的低反射峰并随时间而逐渐变化;在注射ICG 3min时,本特异性低反射峰值达到最强,反射光谱的特征性变化可以为实现最佳OCT图像效果提供时间点。此外,ICG注射后的脑动脉OCT信号衰减系数为24.692±1.471,明显高于未注射ICG时15.088±1.602(p<0.01)。实验结果说明ICG可以增加血管对近红外光的吸收,为增强血管的检测能力提供理论参考,也为无损监测血管病变、肿瘤血管新生及血液动力学变化提供一种可行性检测手段。     

基于有效衰减系数直接测量的人体光谱特征分析

在活体成分无创测量中,人体组织的漫射光谱之间存在千差万别,即使同一组织的光谱也时刻发生着变化,这是影响活体组织成分测量精度的重要原因。通过漫射光谱实时监测组织的光学特性非常重要。由于漫射光的吸光度光谱沿光源-探测器距离不再呈现线性变化,不同距离下的测量结果不易相互借鉴,因此不宜采用单一距离的漫反射光测量方式。采用双光源-探测器距离的测量方式,通过差分测量获得了组织有效衰减系数,其与测量距离无关,是反映组织吸收、散射的综合光学参数。实验系统采用中心光纤入射,距中心0.6和2.0 mm的两个环状分布的光纤束接收漫反射光,并据此推测出被测组织的有效衰减系数。通过实时监测组织的有效衰减系数,可以监测组织的状态与成分变化信息。采用Intralipid脂肪乳作为组织仿体,考察了其中的葡萄糖浓度、血红蛋白浓度、颗粒密度、温度四个因素变化时在1 000~1 300 nm波段的有效衰减系数光谱,比较了它们的光谱特征。结果表明,有效衰减系数的光谱形状主要由介质的吸收变化决定。其中血红蛋白的有效衰减系数光谱显示出其在1 000~1 200 nm波段吸收显著,1 200~1 300 nm吸收减弱,这与血红蛋白的吸收特征一致;温度的光谱显示出与温度对水吸收光谱影响的光谱形状一致; 葡萄糖与颗粒密度引起的有效衰减系数光谱相似,原因在1 000~1 300 nm波段葡萄糖吸收较弱,其主要影响介质散射特性。最后测量了不同人体的手指、手掌、手背、手臂外侧、手臂内侧的有效衰减系数光谱,比较了部位差异和个体差异。从人体光谱差异上很明显地看到了血红蛋白、散射特性不同引起的光谱差异。综上,提出的有效衰减系数光谱测量方法特别适用于活体组织的成分测量,为实时监测组织的散射、吸收变化提供了一条新途径。     

Differential optical spectroscopy for absorption characterization of scattering media

Reflectance techniques are commonly used to characterize the optical properties of tissues. However, the precise determination of local chromophore concentrations in turbid media is usually difficult because of the nonlinear dependence of light intensity as a function of scattering and absorption coefficients. A technique is presented to easily determine absorbent compound concentration ratios in a turbid media from three optical reflectance spectra, in the visible range, measured for source-detector distances less than 1cm. The validity of the method is experimentally established, in cases of sets of diluted milk containing absorbent inks, over a relatively wide range of absorption (0.05-0.5 cm(-1)) and reduced scattering (10-20 cm(-1)) coefficients.     

Correlation between blood glucose concentration in diabetics and noninvasively measured tissue optical scattering coefficient

Diabetics would benefit greatly from a device capable of providing continuous noninvasive monitoring of their blood glucose levels. The optical scattering coefficient of tissue depends on the concentration of glucose in the extracellular fluid. A feasibility study was performed to evaluate the sensitivity of the tissue reduced scattering coefficient in response to step changes in the blood glucose levels of diabetic volunteers. Estimates of the scattering coefficient were based on measurements of the diffuse reflectance on the skin at distances of 1-10 mm from a point source. A correlation was observed between step changes in blood glucose concentration and tissue reduced scattering coefficient in 30 out of 41 subjects measured.     

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy with a self-calibrating fiber optic probe

Calibration of the diffuse reflectance spectrum for instrument response and time-dependent fluctuation as well as interdevice variations is complicated, time consuming, and potentially inaccurate. We describe a novel fiber optic probe with a real-time self-calibration capability that can be used for tissue optical spectroscopy. The probe was tested in a number of liquid phantoms over a relevant range of tissue optical properties. Absorption and scattering coefficients are extracted with an average absolute error and standard deviation of 6.9%+/-7.2% and 3.5%+/-1.5%, respectively.     

接触压力作用下皮肤形变对于漫反射光谱测量影响研究

人体成分无创光谱检测过程中,测量条件特别是探头压力造成的组织形变在一定程度上影响光谱测量结果。利用物理模型与仿真方法,定量分析了探头接触压力作用下皮肤组织应变,及光学参数与漫反射光谱变化。首先,在多层皮肤组织物理复合模型基础上,结合生物组织固液两相组成特性,定量分析了压力作用下各层皮肤组织形变大小以及成分变化。该模型将皮肤力学模型简化为固态弹性结构及包含于其中的牛顿流体,利用有限元方法,分别模拟不同压力作用下多层皮肤组织应变大小及时间特性,并根据各层组织体积及水含量变化,定量计算其散射系数及吸收系数改变。然后,利用Monte Carlo方法模拟压力作用前后光在组织中传输过程,定量分析了探头压力对漫反射光谱中所包含人体成分检测有效信息的影响。实验结果表明,在光纤探头接触压力作用下,人体皮肤组织中真皮层厚度变小,自由水体积减小,引起散射特性及光子传输路径改变,使得漫反射光谱中所包含的有效光谱信息下降。该研究结果为优化人体漫反射光谱测量策略,提高测量准确性以及重复性提供了参考。     

散射相函数的高阶光学参量研究

漫反射光谱技术被广泛应用于无创测量生物组织光学性质。当光源与探测器很近时,仅仅依靠吸收系数μ_a和约化散射系数μ′_s不能准确描述光源附近光的传播状态。而二阶光学参量γ的引入改善了近光源光的传播状态的描述。本文将生物组织的散射等效成特定球形颗粒的散射,基于Mie散射理论,计算了与散射相函数p(θ)有关的单粒子和多分散系粒子的二阶光学参量γ,研究了γ随尺度参数α和相对折射率m的变化规律,描述了γ与组织结构参量之间的联系,并阐述了γ对粒子特征的表征能力。研究表明,参量γ对尺度参数α小于2的微粒尺寸的改变是敏感的,并呈二次函数关系,其系数与相对折射率呈线性关系;对于相对折射率和尺度参数都不相同的两个粒子,他们的各向异性因子g相同时,二阶光学参量γ却不同,粒子越大,γ表征粒子特征的能力越强。这对于无创探究组织微观形态具有深远的意义。     

不同的光透明剂对在体人皮肤组织光学透明的反射光谱研究

研究了经三种不同类型的透明剂处理后的在体人皮组织在波长为400～1 000 nm范围内随时间变化反射光谱特性的变化及各组于580 nm处分别在0～60 min时间段各组反射光谱的改变程度.实验采用USB-4000光纤光谱仪分别获取经丙三醇、葡萄糖及丙二醇处理在体人皮肤组织前后的在0,10,20,30,40,50和60 ...     

Gold nanoshell bioconjugates for molecular imaging in living cells

Advances in scattering-based optical imaging technologies offer a new approach to noninvasive point-of-care detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of cancer. Emerging photonics technologies provide a cost-effective means to image tissue in vivo with high resolution in real time. Advancing the clinical potential of these imaging strategies requires the development of optical contrast agents targeted to specific molecular signatures of disease. We describe the use of a novel class of contrast agents based on nanoshell bioconjugates for molecular imaging in living cells. Nanoshells offer significant advantages over conventional imaging probes including continuous and broad wavelength tunability, far greater scattering and absorption coefficients, increased chemical stability, and improved biocompatibility. We show that nanoshell bioconjugates can be used to effectively target and image human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), a clinically relevant biomarker, in live human breast carcinoma cells.     

Determination of the Asymmetry Parameter and Scattering Coefficient of Turbid Media from Spatially Resolved Reflectance Measurements

We present a technique for determining the asymmetry parameter and scattering coefficient of turbid media from spatially resolved reflectance measurements. This technique will contribute to the development of medical applications in which it is necessary to predict the distribution and propagation of light in tissue. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, we derived correlations which relate the reduced scattering coefficient and the asymmetry parameter to the relative reflectance curve. Initial estimates of the optical properties are obtained from these correlations. Final values are obtained by adjusting the optical parameters and repeating the Monte Carlo simulations until the simulated reflectance pattern matches the measured reflectance pattern. Preliminary experimental results indicate that this technique can be used to determine the asymmetry parameter to within 10% and the reduced scattering coefficient to within 5%.     

Effect of storage conditions of skin samples on their optical characteristics

The optical characteristics of skin samples are experimentally studied ex vivo and in vitro at different storage conditions. The experiments are performed on a Cary-2415 spectrophotometer in the spectral range 400–700 nm. Based on the measured diffuse reflectance and total transmittance spectra, the spectra of the absorption and reduced scattering coefficients are calculated in terms of the inverse adding-doubling method. It is shown that the method of storage of samples mainly affects the reduced scattering coefficient of biotissue. Thus, upon storage of skin in an isotonic solution and in its absence, the reduced scattering coefficient increases ∼1.5 and ∼2 times, respectively, compared to the value of this parameter for the intact sample. The differences in the absorption spectra of ex vivo samples and samples stored under different conditions are the most noticeable in the absorption range of blood and are significant above 600 nm.     

Optical detection of wound infection in vivo by near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

Detection of bacterial infection is important for deciding optimal treatment and management for wound. In the paper, near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy is proposed for detection wound infection in vivo with optical properties. A porcine model is used as experimental subject in the detection of wound infection. The spectrally resolved data of the wounds are analyzed to extract the optical properties including reduced scattering coefficient and absorption coefficient. Based on optical properties, an ensemble model of chain-like agent genetic optimized Support Vector Machine is applied to discriminate wound infection. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the method for rapid and noninvasive detection of wound infection using optical properties.     

Light scattering in nanocrystalline silicon-carbide (nc-SiC) films

Correlations between the optical and structural characteristics of nanocrystalline silicon-carbide (nc-SiC) films prepared by direct ion deposition onto sapphire substrates are studied. The effect of the scattering of electromagnetic radiation in nc-SiC films on their optical characteristics (transmittance, reflectance, and absorbance) is investigated. It is shown that in nc-SiC films deposited at temperatures <700°C scattering is minimum due to their morphological and structural homogeneity. The films deposited at >1000°C exhibit significant morphological and structural heterogeneity and therefore strongly scatter light. It is established that the account for light scattering leads to a blue shift of the fundamental absorption edge in the optical density spectra. The spectra of the scattering coefficients for the nc-SiC films are studied and calculated. The effect of high-temperature annealing on the film structure and scattering spectra is investigated. It is demonstrated that the structural variations induced by annealing are accompanied by a change of the initial mechanism of Rayleigh scattering in the nc-SiC films for the Mie scattering.     

热作用致良性前列腺增生组织的光学特性变化

研究了热作用下的良性前列腺增生(BPH)组织对808和980 nm的半导体激光的光学特性的变化及其差异。实验采用双积分球测量系统以及反向倍增法获取良性前列腺增生组织的光学特性。结果表明,热作用下的良性前列腺增生组织对808 nm和980 nm的吸收系数、约化散射系数和光学穿透深度都是随着加热温度的变化而变化的,在20~80℃的温度范围内,良性前列腺增生组织对808 nm的吸收系数和约化散射系数都分别明显地较其对980 nm的吸收系数和约化散射系数要大,而其对808 nm的光学穿透深度却明显地较其对980 nm的光学穿透深度要小,吸收系数的最大值都在20℃,分别为0.528 mm-1和0.448 mm-1;最小值分别在50℃和70℃,分别为0.436 mm-1和0.326 mm-1,吸收系数的最大差异在70℃,其值为34.1%;约化散射系数的最大值都在80℃,其值分别为1.45 mm-1和1.43 mm-1,最小值分别在20℃和70℃,分别为1.15 mm-1和0.973 mm-1,最大差异在70℃,其值为24.4%;光学穿透深度的最大值分别在50℃和70℃,其值分别为0.684 mm和0.887 mm,最小值都在80℃,其值分别为0.608 mm和0.696 mm,最大差异在70℃,其值为30.4%。在70℃的热作用下良性前列腺增生组织达到完全热凝固,吸收系数、散射系数和光学穿透深度的差异达到最大值。