Effect of discrete scatterers in CSF layer on optical path length in the brain

Eiji Okada; David T. Delpy

doi:10.1117/12.407621

22 November 2000 Effect of discrete scatterers in CSF layer on optical path length in the brain

Eiji Okada, David T. Delpy

Proceedings Volume 4160, Photon Migration, Diffuse Spectroscopy, and Optical Coherence Tomography: Imaging and Functional Assessment; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407621
Event: EOS/SPIE European Biomedical Optics Week, 2000, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

Adequate modeling of light propagation in the complex and heterogeneous tissue of the human head is very important for quantitative near infrared spectroscopy and optical imaging. The presence of a clear and non-scattering CSF layer around the brain has been previously shown to strongly affect light propagation in the head. However the CSF layer is not totally filled with a non-scattering fluid and quite a few fine arachnoid trabeculae are actually present in the layer. In this study light propagation in an adult head model with discrete scatterers distributed within the CSF layer has been predicted by Monte Carlo simulation in order to investigate the effect of scattering caused by the arachnoid trabecula in the CSF layer. Results show that the presence of the arachnoid trabeculae affect the total optical path length, a parameter which can be directly measured by time-resolved measurement. However, the partial optical path length in the brain tissue, which relates the sensitivity of the near infrared spectroscopy signal to absorption changes in the brain is strongly affected by the CSF layer even in the presence of the arachnoid trabeculae. The increased partial optical path length results from an increased lateral spreading of the NIR light within the gray matter of the cortex.

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Eiji Okada and David T. Delpy "Effect of discrete scatterers in CSF layer on optical path length in the brain", Proc. SPIE 4160, Photon Migration, Diffuse Spectroscopy, and Optical Coherence Tomography: Imaging and Functional Assessment, (22 November 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407621

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