@inbook{02f450cf21a74284b0b752dc732ccb8b,
title = "Solid switchable phantom for diffuse optical imaging",
abstract = "We propose a simple and reliable solid phantom for mimicking localized absorption changes within a diffusive medium. The phantom is based on the Equivalence Relation stating that any realistic absorption inhomogeneity can be mimicked by a totally absorbing sphere of adequate volume. Applying this concept, we constructed a solid phantom holding a movable black inclusion to be positioned beneath the source-detector pair (perturbed case) or far from it (unperturbed case). Different absorption perturbations can be mimicked by changing the volume and the position of the black object both in transmittance and reflectance configuration. Time-resolved measurements of transmittance images and a lateral reflectance scan are presented.",
keywords = "absorption, diuse optics, optical clinical instrumentation, phantom, scattering, time-resolved",
author = "Antonio Pifferi and Alessandro Torricelli and Rinaldo Cubeddu and Giovanna Quarto and Rebecca Re and \{Konugolu Venkata Sekar\}, Sanathana and Lorenzo Spinelli and Andrea Farina and Fabrizio Martelli and Heidrun Wabnitz",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissue VII ; Conference date: 07-02-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1117/12.2084789",
language = "English",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Allen, \{David W.\} and Jean-Pierre Bouchard",
booktitle = "Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissue VII",
address = "United States",
}