Allen, D.
, Lemaillet, P.
and Bouchard, J.
(2015),
Development of traceable measurement of the diffuse optical properties of solid reference standards for biomedical optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Applied Optics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.54.006118
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Development of traceable measurement of the diffuse optical properties of solid reference standards for biomedical optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Abstract
The development of a national reference instrument dedicated to the measurement of the scattering and absorption properties of solid tissue-mimicking phantoms used as reference standards is presented. The optical properties of the phantoms are measured with a double-integrating sphere setup in the steady-state domain, coupled with an inversion routine of the adding-doubling procedure that allows for the computation of the uncertainty budget for the measurements. The results suggest that the agreement between these two independent methods is within the estimated uncertainties. This new reference instrument will provide optical biomedical research laboratories with reference values for absolute diffuse optical properties of phantom materials.Citation
Applied Optics
Volume
54
Issue
19
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Journals
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Keywords
optical, scatter, phantom, standards, medical, tissue, skin
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Created July 1, 2015, Updated November 10, 2018