Photon migration in a model of the head measured using time- and frequency-domain techniques: potentials of spectroscopy and imaging

Eva Marie Sevick-Muraca; Britton Chance

doi:10.1117/12.44180

1 May 1991 Photon migration in a model of the head measured using time- and frequency-domain techniques: potentials of spectroscopy and imaging

Eva Marie Sevick-Muraca, Britton Chance

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Proceedings Volume 1431, Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Imaging of Tissues; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44180
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The use of time- and frequency-domain spectroscopy for the detection of brain oxygenation and the localization of tissue regions exhibiting brain-bleeding has been suggested recently by Chance and coworkers. In this study, we explore the effect of the skull (with minimal absorbance and greater scattering properties) upon measurements of photon migration within the underlying brain tissue (of comparatively greater absorbance and smaller scattering properties). Using the diffusion approximation to understand photon migration within the layered medium, we show that the effect of a transmitting layer can be significant, yet may considered negligible at significant source and detector separations in time- and frequency-domain measurements. Using Monte Carlo simulation of photons migrating within a model consisting of (i) a central core ((mu) sb equals 8 cm-1, (mu) ab equals 0) and (ii) an annulus ((mu) ss equals 24 cm-1, (mu) a equals 0), we demonstrate the contribution of an additional 'time-of-flight' to time-domain spectra (TDS) and an additional phase-shift to frequency-domain spectra (FDS) due to the presence of the highly scattering layer. Under conditions of changing absorbance ((mu) ab equals 0 - 0.075 cm-1) in the central core, our results show that the diffusion approximation also provides description of the changes seen in TDS and FDS derived from Monte Carlo simulation. Finally, upon mapping of volumes sampled by the migrating photons, we characterize the capacity for 'light-channelling' within the highly scattering layer as a function of source-detector separation and core absorbance.

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Eva Marie Sevick-Muraca and Britton Chance "Photon migration in a model of the head measured using time- and frequency-domain techniques: potentials of spectroscopy and imaging", Proc. SPIE 1431, Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Imaging of Tissues, (1 May 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44180

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