Non-invasive diagnostics of several structural and biophysical parameters of skin cover by spectral light reflectance

Arkady P. Ivanov; Vladimir V. Barun

doi:10.1117/12.740607

26 April 2007 Non-invasive diagnostics of several structural and biophysical parameters of skin cover by spectral light reflectance

Arkady P. Ivanov, Vladimir V. Barun

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Proceedings Volume 6535, Saratov Fall Meeting 2006: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine VIII; 653507 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740607
Event: Saratov Fall Meeting 2006, 2006, Saratov, Russian Federation

Abstract

A calculation scheme and an algorithm to simultaneously diagnose several structural and biophysical parameters of skin by reflected light are constructed in the paper. The procedure is based the fact that, after absorption and scattering, light reflected by tissue contains information on its optically active chromophores and structure. The problem on isolating the desired parameters is a spectroscopic one under multiple scattering conditions. The latter considerably complicates the solution of the problem and requires the elaboration of an approach that is specific to the object studied. The procedure presented in the paper is based on spectral tissue model properties proposed earlier and engineering methods for solving the radiative transfer equation. The desired parameters are melanin and blood volume fractions, f and c, epidermis thickness d, mean diameter D of capillaries, and blood oxygenation degree S. Spectral diffuse reflectance R(λ) of skin over the range of 400 to 850 nm was calculated as a first stage. Then the sensitivity of R(λ) to the above parameters was studied to optimize the algorithm by wavelengths and to propose an experimental scheme for diagnostics. It is shown that blood volume fraction and f*d product can be rather surely determined by the reflected green -- red light. One can find f and d separately as well as D by the blue reflectance. The last stage is the derivation of S at about 600 nm.

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Arkady P. Ivanov and Vladimir V. Barun "Non-invasive diagnostics of several structural and biophysical parameters of skin cover by spectral light reflectance", Proc. SPIE 6535, Saratov Fall Meeting 2006: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine VIII, 653507 (26 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740607

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