Performance assessment of photon migration instruments: The MEDPHOT protocol

  • Antonio Pifferi
  • , Alessandro Torricelli
  • , Andrea Bassi
  • , Paola Taroni
  • , Rinaldo Cubeddu
  • , Heidrun Wabnitz
  • , Dirk Grosenick
  • , Michael Möller
  • , Rainer Macdonald
  • , Johannes Swartling
  • , Tomas Svensson
  • , Stefan Andersson-Engels
  • , Robert L.P. Van Veen
  • , Henricus J.C.M. Sterenborg
  • , Jean Michel Tualle
  • , Ha Lien Nghiem
  • , Sigrid Avrillier
  • , Maurice Whelan
  • , Hermann Stamm

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Abstract

We propose a comprehensive protocol for the performance assessment of photon migration instruments. The protocol has been developed within the European Thematic Network MEDPHOT (optical methods for medical diagnosis and monitoring of diseases) and is based on five criteria: accuracy, linearity, noise, stability, and reproducibility. This protocol was applied to a total of 8 instruments with a set of 32 phantoms, covering a wide range of optical properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2104-2114
Number of pages11
JournalApplied Optics
Volume44
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 2005
Externally publishedYes

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