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Time-resolved diffused optical characterization of key tissue constituents of human bony prominence locations

  • Sanathana Konugolu Venkata Sekar
  • , Andrea Farina
  • , Edoardo Martinenghi
  • , Alberto Dalla Mora
  • , Paola Taroni
  • , Antonio Pifferi
  • , Eugènia Negredo
  • , Jordi Puig
  • , Roser Escrig
  • , Quim Rosales
  • , Claus Lindner
  • , Marco Pagliazzi
  • , Turgut Durduran
  • Polytechnic University of Milan
  • National Research Council of Italy
  • Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Digest Centre Mèdic
  • Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology

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Abstract

We report a broadband time-resolved characterization of selected bony prominence locations of the human body. A clinical study was performed at six different bony prominence locations of 53 subjects. A portable broadband timeresolved system equipped with pulse drift and distortion compensation strategy was used for absorption and scattering measurements. Key tissue constituents were quantified as a pilot step towards non-invasive optical assessment of bone pathologies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuropean Conference on Biomedical Optics, ECBO 2015
EditorsPaola Taroni, Hamid Dehghani
PublisherOptica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Electronic)9781628417036
ISBN (Print)9781628417012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventEuropean Conference on Biomedical Optics, ECBO 2015 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 21 Jun 201525 Jun 2015

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Conference on Biomedical Optics, ECBO 2015
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period21/06/1525/06/15

Keywords

  • Absorption
  • Biomedical
  • Bone
  • Calcaneus
  • In-vivo
  • Osteoporosis
  • Scattering
  • Time-resolved spectroscopy

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